Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Question 460: To ask the Minister for Transport the communication he has had with the Marine Accident Investigation Branch regarding the ORA HOPE collision; and the reason for the decision not to undertake an official investigation of the said collision. [38537/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I assume the Deputy is referring to the Marine Casualty Investigation Board, (MCIB), which is the Irish marine accident investigation organisation. The MCIB is independent of this Department in the exercise of its functions. As I have previously advised the House the vessel mentioned was subjected to inspection by Port State Control Officers of this Department following the incident and the report of the inspection is published on the website of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control: www.parismou.org