Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 108: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the [i]Malcolm Miller[/i] ship (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25154/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The position is that the previous Government decided in the context of settling the Estimates for the Department of Defence for 2010 that the national sail training scheme operated by Coiste an Asgard would be discontinued as recommended in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure.

In light of the above and in the context of the current economic climate, my Department has no plans to purchase the Malcolm Miller.