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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I totally accept that the IAA maps are accurate, but if an independent entity is scanning those maps, that is where we should have follow-up certification that the scanning is consistent with the actual maps. Does Mr. Ó Conghaile agree?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I wish to be clear on this. If I am an operator and the IAA provides me with charts and I scan them, somebody somewhere has to have oversight of what I scan and make sure that I have imported into my system what the IAA has on record and not missed out on part of it. Is that a fair point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: This is a serious issue. If the IAA is providing state-of-the-art navigational maps, which I believe it is, and an operator takes those maps and scans them into their system, somebody somewhere has to oversee the verification process to ensure that map has been accurately imported. That issue will have to form part of our report. Is Mr. Ó Conghaile saying that a private entity can...

Seanad: Air Accident Investigation Unit Final Report into R116 Air Accident: Statements (18 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. In his speech to the Dáil last evening, the Minister, Deputy Ryan, should have clearly and unambiguously informed the House that there is no Act of the Oireachtas on the Statue Book giving legal responsibility for Irish SAR to the Irish Aviation Authority. I will say that again: today, as I speak, the IAA is not legally responsible for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I appreciate the witnesses taking time to come in and deal with these serious issues. My first question is to Ms O'Keeffe. I understand she is soon to depart from service in the Department of Transport. I hope that she does not feel as though she has been thrown under the bus today. Can she confirm that the Department does not have internal expertise in the area of aviation? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I am not laying any blame whatever. I turn to the Coast Guard representatives. I have a damning list of what has being going on in the service. In 2014, there was an accident at Inch. The Marine Casualty Investigation Board, MCIB, report was not produced. With regard to the Kilkee tragedy, people in Kilkee tell me they were warning that there was a likelihood of a fatality because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: Who appointed its members?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: Therein lies the problem. If there are two separate groups within the organisation trying to establish two separate representative groups, Mr. Clonan has a serious problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: The Comptroller and Auditor General has stated that the Coast Guard did not engage with volunteers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: If that is one example, though, and if we examine more cases, we will find more examples. It is clear that transport was purchased that was totally unsatisfactory and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: Somebody in the Coast Guard spoke about this. You go to tender for €100,000-odd and suddenly the value of the contract starts to balloon. Surely somebody had to sit down and say, "Lads, we did not include this and did not include that and we need to do this and do that." Mr. Clonan was at management level at that time. Surely to God management sat down and discussed this €1.4...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: If I may, Chairman, why did I refer the purchase of vehicles to the Comptroller and Auditor General? I did so because people within the service were aware of what had happened and came to me with their complaint. This is all part of a system that is just broken. As I could not get answers, I went to the Comptroller and Auditor General and asked him to have a look at this. I was absolutely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: They are unsuitable though.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: Not according to the Comptroller and Auditor General's report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: Did the Coast Guard buy them fully-equipped or did it buy empty vehicles?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: Can I get an answer from of the Department on the statutory responsibility of the IAA with respect to search and rescue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I apologise to Mr. O'Flaherty but I want him to deal specifically with the position prior to the R116 accident. Was the IAA statutorily obliged to oversee the search and rescue operation? It is a "Yes" or a "No" question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: No, I am not trying to apportion blame here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: That is simply not true.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: I know I came through there.