Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2022-09-21
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Gerard P. Craughwell (IND), Labour Panel

The air accident investigation report showed there was very poor oversight and reckless behaviour. Where does ICAO fit into that if it is keeping an eye on us and we are so compliant with ICAO rules? How did we finish up where we were? How did we finish up where the IAA was confused as to its role with respect to the monitoring and control of the search and rescue? How did we finish up with a situation where crews were reporting problems and the problems were ignored? Safety issues were being ignored. The Coast Guard had no oversight whatsoever of the contractor that was working for it. The Department of Transport had no oversight of what was going on. This is why the Air Accident Investigation Unit, AAIU, recommended that the Government bring on board aviation expertise in both organisations. We have not done that.

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Sitting date: 2022-09-21