22 DFómh 2014, 17:09
The Dáil Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport will tomorrow meet for Committee-stage consideration of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013.
21 October 2014
The Minister for Transport Tourism and Sport Paschal Donohoe TD will be in attendance.
In replacing the Mercantile Marine Act 1955, the primary purpose of the Bill is to provide a legislative basis for the establishment and regulation of a modern and comprehensive ship registration system with a new centralised, electronic and accessible national ship register, the Irish Register of Ships, at its core.
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The meeting takes place tomorrow Thursday 23 October at 2 pm in Committee Room 4, LH 2000. The meeting can be viewed online here.
Committee proceedings can also be viewed on the move, through the Houses of the Oireachtas Smartphone App, available for Apple and Android devices.
ENDS
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Committee on Transport and Communications
Deputies:
John O'Mahony TD (Chair), Fine Gael
Timmy Dooley TD, Fianna Fáil
Dessie Ellis TD, Sinn Féin
Tom Fleming TD, Independent
Sean Kenny TD, Labour
Helen McEntee TD, Fine Gael
Patrick O’Donovan TD, Fine Gael