Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 June 2020
731. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons permitted on boat tours on a single vessel, assuming the boat has a licence for 12 passengers; and if it is permitted to bring six persons or 12 under Covid-19 restrictions. [12534/20]
View answerThe Marine Survey Office of my Department licences passenger boats to carry passengers in accordance with the requirements of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1992, as amended. The passenger boat licence states the number of passengers which a passenger boat may carry. Operators of passenger boats should give due regard to the appropriate health advice issued by the Department of Health and the Health Service Executive. On this basis the operators need to determine the numbers which they should carry, which in no case should exceed the number stated on the passenger boat licence.
