Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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841. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the new sea survival centre at the National Fisheries School, Greencastle, County Donegal; and when this will be delivered. [46002/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I confirm that I approved proceeding with BIM’s proposal for commencement of the new sea survival centre project at BIM National Fisheries College, Greencastle, County Donegal and funding has been provided in 2021.

In relation to the delivery of the project, BIM has advised as follows;

The new sea survival infrastructure at the BIM National Fisheries School, Greencastle, County Donegal project is currently in the procurement stage for design services for the building of the facility. As part of this design brief, research has been undertaken looking at other, similar international sea survival facilities pools. BIM is consulting with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to ensure that the facility will be built in line with energy efficient design principals, to ensure a modern, sustainable and environmentally friendly facility and SEAI will continue to work with BIM throughout the process. Procurement is underway for the navigation simulator and marine radio training suite which are due to be installed in December 2021. It is planned that the pool installation will commence in February 2022 and that the facility will be in service by June 2022.