Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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919. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of the decision to not proceed with the sea survival centre at the fisheries school at Greencastle, County Donegal. [5002/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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This proposed project by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has been assessed in the wider context of the provision of existing specialised professional sea survival training facilities within the State and the cost, both construction and operational, of such a facility.

There are existing professional sea survival training facilities based at the National Maritime College of Ireland, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork. These facilities are a unique resource in Ireland and designed both for fundamental safety training and specialised survival training, to increase survival ability in emergency situations. The purpose built facilities are available for the provision of all necessary and required training for fishers across the State.

The proposal by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) for the potential construction of a  similar facility within the State (at Greencastle, County Donegal) is currently under consideration and requires a comprehensive analysis covering capital, fit out, staffing, running costs. To assist that consideration, I have asked BIM for further detailed information in relation to the proposal.