asked the Minister for Transport and Power the number and types of certificates of competency for (a) navigating and (b) engineer merchant navy officers issued in this country in each of the years 1950-1959, and the number of successful candidates in each case who went to subsequent employment in Irish ships.
Written Answers. - Merchant Navy Officers: Certificates of Competency.
40.
An independent system of examinations for the grant of Irish certificates of competency as deck and engineer officers in merchant ships was not introduced until 1953.
In so far as the information sought is available for the years from 1953 onwards it has been compiled in tabular statements, which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, it is proposed to circulate in the Official Report.
PARTICULARS of Certificates of Competency issued from 1953 to 1959.
|
Grade of Certificates |
Certificates Issued |
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|
1953 |
1954 |
1955 |
1956 |
1957 |
1958 |
1959 |
Total |
|
|
Master Foreign Going |
3 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
8 |
12 |
6 |
43 |
|
First Mate Do. |
2 |
8 |
11 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
19 |
66 |
|
Second Mate Do. |
4 |
8 |
9 |
7 |
13 |
10 |
9 |
60 |
|
Master Home Trade |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
— |
18 |
|
Mate Home Trade |
3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
26 |
|
—— |
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|
First Class Engineer Steam and Motor Combined. |
— |
— |
— |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
First Class Engineer Motor, with Second Class Steam Endorsement. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
First Class Engineer Steam with Second Class Motor Endorsement. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
First Class Engineer Motor |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
1 |
— |
2 |
|
First Class Engineer Steam |
— |
1 |
3 |
— |
2 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
|
Second Class Engineer Steam and Motor Combined. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
— |
1 |
|
Second Class Engineer Steam |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
— |
4 |
3 |
13 |
|
Second Class Engineer Motor |
— |
2 |
— |
1 |
— |
1 |
3 |
7 |
|
TOTAL |
15 |
28 |
32 |
37 |
41 |
46 |
52 |
251 |
NUMBERS of Men Holding Irish Certificates of Competency who served on Irish Ships Subsequent to the Grant of the Certificates.
|
Grades of Certificates |
Numbers Who Served in Irish Ships Subsequent to the Grant of the Certificates. |
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|
1953 |
1954 |
1955 |
1956 |
1957 |
1958 |
1959 |
Total |
|
|
Master Foreign Going* |
1 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
24 |
|
First Mate Do. |
1 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
9 |
34 |
|
Second Mate Do. |
2 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
35 |
|
Master Home Trade* |
2 |
1 |
— |
3 |
4 |
4 |
— |
14 |
|
Mate Home Trade |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
18 |
|
First Class—Engineer Steam and Motor Combined. |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
|
First Class Engineer Motor, with Second Class Steam Endorsement. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
First Class Engineer Steam with Second Class Motor Endorsement. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
First Class Engineer Motor. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
1 |
— |
2 |
|
First Class Engineer Steam. |
— |
— |
3 |
— |
2 |
— |
2 |
7 |
|
Second Class Engineer Steam and Motor Combined. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
— |
1 |
|
Second Class Engineer Steam |
— |
1 |
1 |
1 |
— |
1 |
1 |
5 |
|
Second Class Engineer Motor |
— |
1 |
— |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
2 |
|
TOTAL |
9 |
16 |
19 |
23 |
31 |
24 |
25 |
147 |
* Particulars of service as Master are not available and the figures under these headings are in respect of men who served in a lower grade while holding the higher certificate.