Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 November 2020
886. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the decision not to proceed with the sea survival training centre at the National Fisheries College in Greencastle, County Donegal, will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36434/20]
View answerThis proposed project by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) was assessed in the wider context of the provision of existing specialised professional sea survival training facilities within the State and the cost, both construction and operational, of such a facility.
There are existing professional sea survival training facilities based at the National Maritime College of Ireland, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork. These facilities are a unique resource in Ireland and designed both for fundamental safety training and specialised survival training, to increase survival ability in emergency situations.
I have sought a report from BIM and my Deparrtment on the considerations around developing a further facility in Greencastle in order to inform future action by me in this regard.
