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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: For how many staff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Are they going to be full-time staff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many staff were in that section?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many staff are there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is 17 staff in total. You are virtually doubling the staff.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: For me, looking at that from the outside, there is a problem. There are not enough resources in that area. We welcome the fact it is being done, but we are getting to the heart of the matter now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Coast Guard is under the Department. Has it made any submissions to the Department for additional funding that is still outstanding?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is fully approved.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: When was it approved?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: When will the 12 staff be in place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Therefore it has not been approved by the Government yet. It has been approved by the Department but not by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will be writing as a committee to ensure that this funding is expedited.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We want a frank exchange of views. What Mr. Clonan is doing is giving us that. We want to assist. We are here to represent everyone. The volunteers do phenomenal work. That is why we are where we are with this hearing today. However, the Coast Guard has made a submission that is waiting approval from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. We want to get that expedited. We...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I understand that the 12 staff who are being brought in are to allow the Coast Guard to develop the service it is providing with the volunteers across a range of areas.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: That makes it safer and more streamlined. Among those 12 staff, has consideration been given to appointing one specific person in management whose exclusive role is to liaise with the 900 volunteers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are here today because volunteers up and down the country have concerns. They need to be addressed. Mr. Kieran Mulvey has come in on the Doolin issue. There is an opportunity with increasing resources to look at the overall evolution.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: No attribution of blame because that is -----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Clonan's and Ms O'Keeffe's respective roles are private and not to be discussed here, but will they deal with the specific issues Senator Craughwell has raised? The nub of what the Senator asks is, in respect of the establishment of a representative body, whether it has been possible to locate the terms. Has it been possible to print and circulate them? If the Coast Guard has a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Are they appointed by the volunteers?