European Commission refers Ireland to CJEU over maritime investigation failings
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Ireland has been referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union over alleged failings to uphold the law on impartial investigations into marine incidents, The Irish Times reports.
The European Commission made the referral, saying it has concerns about the independence of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB), whose members investigate serious incidents at sea for the state.
Specifically, the Commission said the presence of the Department of Transport’s secretary general or nominee as well as the Marine Survey Office’s chief surveyor on the five-member board could indicate a conflict of interest.
Currently, the MCIB, which was established in 2002, is dealing with 13 inquiries.
Its website claims it complies with the International Maritime Organisation’s casualty investigation code as well as an EU directive from 2009 on investigating “accidents in the maritime transport sector”.
But the European Commission states that Ireland has not implemented the directive correctly.
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