Written answers
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Search and Rescue Service
John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of call outs and rescues by day and night that have been undertaken by the different search and rescue coastguard helicopters stationed around the country over the past five years [14755/13]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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According to Coast Guard records, the number of call-outs, by day and night, undertaken by the Irish Coast Guards' Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopters by base are as follows:
2008
| - | Day | Night | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 74 | 13 | 87 |
| Shannon | 141 | 25 | 166 |
| Waterford | 61 | 14 | 75 |
| Sligo | 110 | 17 | 127 |
2009
| Day | Night | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 98 | 10 | 108 |
| Shannon | 131 | 16 | 147 |
| Waterford | 103 | 12 | 115 |
| Sligo | 117 | 19 | 136 |
2010
| Day | Night | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 87 | 5 | 92 |
| Shannon | 115 | 25 | 140 |
| Waterford | 106 | 20 | 126 |
| Sligo | 98 | 7 | 105 |
2011
| Day | Night | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 114 | 17 | 131 |
| Shannon | 164 | 23 | 187 |
| Waterford | 129 | 6 | 135 |
| Sligo | 112 | 12 | 124 |
2012
| Day | Night | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 111 | 10 | 121 |
| Shannon | 161 | 25 | 186 |
| Waterford | 85 | 12 | 97 |
| Sligo | 116 | 12 | 128 |
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