Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It was extraordinary high. Let us suppose I was able to inform those in senior management that, under corporate manslaughter legislation, if that equipment failed, they would go to jail. I imagine that while such people would not have the interests of the people on the high seas in their hearts, they most certainly would have the interests of not going to jail in their hearts. This is the cultural shift and the deterrent factor we are looking for.

I sincerely hope no one ever gets convicted under this legislation. I wish there was no need for it. However, as we know from the hepatitis C scandal and others, it is required. If, in future, families lose loved ones, there will be a remedy to ensure the people who acted irresponsibly, who were grossly negligent or who failed to act would go to jail, as they should.