Any lessons learnt from the existing contract and its operation are being addressed in the development of the procurement strategy and governance arrangements for the next contracted service; - the Department of Transport and its project team has appropriate expertise available to it, including independent experts and a process auditor to ensure compliance; - provision of a dedicated fixed wing asset to the Coast Guard has been included in the procurement plan for the next Coast Guard Aviation service contract and there has been appropriate engagement with Department of Defence. The current Coast Guard aviation service contract is due to expire in 2024 and the procurement process for the next contract is now well under way.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 5,228 words from 8 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Robbie Gallagher and Seán Kyne; Níl, Senators Gerard P. Craughwell and Sharon Keogan.
Party shown is the one each member held on 2022-02-02, frozen by a dated join — not their party today. The Oireachtas API publishes no date of birth and returns an empty gender field for every member in this period, so no age or gender breakdown is shown.