596 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a boat (details supplied) remains the relief ferry servicing Cape Clear Island in west Cork; if so, if this is in accordance with the contract awarded to the current ferry operator in March 2007; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this boat is the main ferry operating to Bantry oil terminal at Whiddy Island and that it is on 24-hour stand-by to this facility; if his Department has received confirmation from a company that the boat can leave its Whiddy Island station at any time during the months of November to March to provide a relief service to Cape Clear Island; his views on whether this is an adequate service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11338/08]

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596 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a boat (details supplied) remains the relief ferry servicing Cape Clear Island in west Cork; if so, if this is in accordance with the contract awarded to the current ferry operator in March 2007; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this boat is the main ferry operating to Bantry oil terminal at Whiddy Island and that it is on 24-hour stand-by to this facility; if his Department has received confirmation from a company that the boat can leave its Whiddy Island station at any time during the months of November to March to provide a relief service to Cape Clear Island; his views on whether this is an adequate service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11338/08]

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