Seanad debates

Thursday, 28 January 2016

Commencement Matters

Search and Rescue Service

10:30 am

Photo of Fidelma Healy EamesFidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am grateful for the Minister of State's reply. I neglected to say at the outset that when a person falls in the water there is a golden hour within which a person can be saved. Therefore, the more prepared we are and the more supports that are available to the Garda and others, the better. My motion is about saving lives. I wish to check what the Minister of State's said in his reply. I heard him mention Leader funding and thank him for his prompt response. Is he saying that mountain rescue and CRBI would qualify for funding? I do not know how my initiative would qualify as mountain rescue. By the way, Oranmore-Maree is a coastal region and is located right on the edge of water. I heard the way that the Minister of State outlined his measures. Under those measures, within his Department, are we likely to qualify for funding?

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