Written answers
Thursday, 10 April 2008
Department of Transport
Shipping Services
5:00 pm
Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 102: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of ships on the Irish Shipping Register for the years 2002 to 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13663/08]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Registrars of Ships that the following table reflects the number of commercial vessels, registered under the Mercantile Marine Act, 1955, for the dates stated.
| Year | Date | No. of Vessels of 500GT and Over |
| 2002 | 31/12/2002 | 40 |
| 2003 | 31/12/2003 | 50 |
| 2004 | 31/12/2004 | 51 |
| 2005 | 31/12/2005 | 46 |
| 2006 | 31/12/2006 | 41 |
| 2007 | 31/12/2007 | 41 |
| 2008 | 31/03/2008 | 42 |
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