Coast Guard Service

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 May 2011

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Questions (153, 154)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Question:

153 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Malin Head Coast Guard station, County Donegal will be upgraded with integrated communications system. [10031/11]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Question:

154 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to build a new Coast Guard station at Malin Head, County Donegal. [10032/11]

Written answers

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (Deputy Leo Varadkar)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 153 and 154 together.

The equipment for the Marine Rescue Sub co-ordination Centre (MRSC) Malin Head was delivered in 2010. It will be installed into a technical room in late 2011/early 2012 and the MRSC will go live on the new system during 2012. When the new building on the Malin Head MRSC site is completed in 2014, subject to funding, the ICS equipment will be re-installed there.