Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2025-03-25
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

Perhaps we can come back to this on Report Stage but it is useful to get the back-and-forth in order that we can refine the meaning. The question as to that exchange of information becomes an issue with regard to co-operation between different bodies and to international co-operation, so I wanted to signal that that may be something we need to come back to. It would be good if on Report Stage the Minister of State could elaborate on how that exchange of information operates between jurisdictions and bodies, as well as internally with respect to the independence of the unit, which I think is fine.

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