The equipment for the Marine Rescue Sub co-ordination Centre (MRSC) Malin Head was delivered in 2010. To enable the equipment to be installed, it is first necessary to undertake work to link the equipment in each of the three co-ordination centres together, the National Maritime Coordination Centre in Dublin and the MRSCs in Malin and Valentia, and to provide the necessary facilities to enable the new systems in Malin and Valentia to be progressively migrated onto the new technology. This work is currently in hands.
In the mean time the equipment in Malin will be installed in a temporary location in the Malin area 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.