Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I support this amendment. It would be a retrograde step if a harbour master were not present. I am not familiar with the other ports, but having been at meetings in Galway Port I am familiar with the expertise that has been presented to us by the harbour master and the people who are on the front line at that facility. If we failed to take on board the expertise of the key people who are on the front line, it would run contrary to everything we believe in. Case studies are about getting it from the horse's mouth, so to speak. I think this amendment carries a lot of weight.