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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 19 Oct 1994

Vol. 446 No. 1

Written Answers. - Relocation of Asgard Sailing Vessel.

Robert Molloy

Ceist:

34 Mr. Molloy asked the Minister for Finance if he will accede to the request to relocate the original Asgard sailing vessel to Galway where it would be restored to seaworthiness under a special FÁS scheme and put back into use as a sail training vessel from its Galway base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62/94]

Robert Molloy

Ceist:

58 Mr. Molloy asked the Minister for Finance if he will accede to the request to relocate the original Asgard sailing vessel to Galway where it would be restored to seaworthiness under a special FÁS scheme and put back into use as a sail training vessel from its Galway base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1411/94]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 34 and 58 together.

The future of the Asgard has been under consideration and various possibilities, including restoration of the vessel to a seaworthy condition, have been examined.

It has now been decided that the most appropriate course of action is to have the vessel conserved and placed on public exhibition in a historical museum setting.
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