Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider raising an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32297/21]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The Irish Authorities informed the European Commission and all European Union member states of potential safety issues with the “Euro-Cutter” type of fishing vessels in July 2013. This was done by means of a submission to the European Union Committee on Safe Seas, the COSS Committee.

This submission was developed on foot of an analysis carried out by the Marine Survey Office (MSO) of my Department regarding an individual vessel which had applied to be registered in Ireland. As part of this application the MSO carried out an analysis of the vessel and determined that it did not comply with Irish fishing vessel stability requirements. The MSO was concerned that this vessel may have been one in a series of similar vessels operating on the flag of other European Union Member States, referred to as the “Euro-Cutter” type. The MSO made the submission to COSS on a precautionary basis and as an early warning to inform the European Commission and all other EU member states of potential safety issues to consider if they had similar vessels on their register.