The Minister may have noticed that two unfortunate men lost their lives recently in a boating accident at the mouth of the Liffey, whereupon a brisk correspondence has broken out in the columns of the newspapers, comprising allegations and counter-allegations against persons, and in defence of persons, who, I understand, in some measure at least, give their services voluntarily. It may be that they accept some honorarium and thereby incur certain responsibilites but, if there is any question as to whether the death of these two unfortunate men was due to the laches of anybody or was due to unavoidable error that no care could have avoided, surely it would be desirable that some responsible officer should be appointed to inquire into this matter or that, if necessary, a small commission should be appointed to inquire into it and give the public a satisfactory report as to what actually happened, and how it came that two men could have their yacht upset under the eyes of hundreds of people and be lost, despite the fact that the lightship mariner alleges that he saw the yacht a very few moments after it turned turtle and that he was making strenuous efforts for a protracted period to get in contact with the life saving service provided for under this Estimate. I do not want in the slightest degree to prejudice the case of anybody associated with that service but the Minister will recollect that, at the inquest, the oddest evidence was given. There was talk of a radio set which was ordinarily supposed to be turned on, with a vigilant officer to listen to every message coming over it. It was alleged that, for the convenience of some ulterior activity, the radio set was turned down so low that nobody could hear it. That may be false or it may be true but it seems to me that a series of allegations relating to the permanent officers of the Department and voluntary and semi-voluntary helpers were being bandied about. A situation developed on which the public should get some authoritative report which would allay their uneasiness.