Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)

I support Senators Daly and Finucane on this issue because from what we read, these ships may well have to turn around and head back to America. They constitute a major risk and they should not be moved at a time of the year when we are likely to experience severe storms. The people who intend to scrap them should not have been allowed to do it until a safer time of the year. There is a risk of some of them not being accepted and having to return to America, which would pose a double risk for this country. I compliment the Minister of State on what he has outlined and the steps he has taken but this country stands to suffer as a result of these passages.