Search and rescue: independent TDs say the proposed new contract rules out the Irish Air Corps playing a role. Picture: Irish Coast Guard
Independent TDs are to move a motion in the Dáil to seek a suspension of the awarding of a new €800 million search and rescue contract. For the past decade, the contract for flying around 700 search and rescue missions annually has been outsourced to CHC Ireland, a subsidiary of the Canadian Helicopter Corporation.
The government is currently running a process to award a new ten-year search and rescue contract. However, independent TDs including...
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