Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has corresponded with the European Maritime Safety Agency in relation to an oil spill (details supplied) in the Gulf of Mexico; if he is collaborating with the EMSA to anticipate any threat to Irish waters that arise from this oil spill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26069/10]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Transport is in regular contact with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) concerning the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the fate and trajectory of the slick. It is considered unlikely that it will have any environmental impact on our shorelines.

EMSA provides daily reports to the Coast Guard of the Department of Transport on the pollution response mechanisms that have been put in place to counteract the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. EMSA also use satellite surveillance to detect and monitor marine pollution in our Exclusive Economic Zone.