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Fight continues to save
Malin Head jobs
12.12.07
DISCUSSIONS about
relocation or redundancy will begin shortly with the
17 staff at the Malin Head Coast Guard Station.
In reply to a Dáil question from Deputy Joe McHugh
about the staff's future, Transport Minister, Noel
Dempsey said the relocation of the Malin Head staff
to either of the two new centres on the west and
east coasts, would be on a voluntary basis. |
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But Deputy McHugh said
the fight would continue to reverse the decision to
close the Malin Head site as support grew for the
workers.
"Due to the phenomenal public support the Malin
Coast Guard Station has been receiving, I have set
up a database for parties |
interested in the fight
against the proposed closure," said Deputy McHugh.
He said he would continue to inform the public with
any updates.
He has demanded to know whether the tranche of new
jobs that were proposed for Malin Head and Valentia
in the Deloitte and Touche report would now be
realised and if not, why?
Mr. Dempsey told him the Deloitte and Touche Irish
Coast Guard Study made more than 100 recommendations
for the future development of the Coast Guard
service.
"One of these is the recommendation to reduce the
number of rescue co-ordination centres from the
current three to two. It was recommended that each
location should be capable of supporting the entire
IRCG national network and the building of two new
centres was put forward as an option," he said. "The
decision on location was left to the Department. I
also confirmed that locating one on the east coast
and one on the west coast is the preferred option
and that the east coast centre should be co-located
with the HQ for operational reasons." |
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