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Don't know, but I did see a feature on the news a few month's ago about cross
border rescue agencies teaming up for a training exercise....
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Don't know, but I did see a feature on the news a few month's ago about cross
border rescue agencies teaming up for a training exercise....
Yea it was down the road from me in Ballykinlar
I don't know who picks up the tab but the coast guard heli frequently goes north to help. I live near the Mournes where they're called out often and I have a mate on the lifeboat who says they have dealings with them on a regular basis.
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Hi there
The Dept of Foreign Affairs deals with inter-State payments for the transit of State assets such as military aircraft or SAR resources; if a French aircraft comes on a visit and takes fuel off the Don, they aren't charged for it, there and then. All such bills are totted up and, so I'm told, exchanged at the end of the year.A lot of it is simply back-scratching, ie, you do ten training flights over here and we'll do ten over there or it is not charged for at all, being absorbed into the costs of the State. At one time, it was a tradition that SAR, being a humanitarian task, was not charged for, regardless of whether borders were crossed or not.I don't know what the case is, now.
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GttC
Not sure who pays but I am lead to believe its a free of charge agreement, Dublin and Sligo aircraft do lots of jobs in british sar region's (in Ireland). I think its more of a Belfast CG contact Dublin CG for a help out and vis-versa situation, who cares as long as the job is done. Many a sar job has been done by both sides of the water by there counterparts as a "lets help out"..
Need I mention who done stand-by at night in the south of england when the 139 had some minor problem's!!!!!!!!!!!
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I saw online today that an Irish SAR chopper had attended in the search for a missing man in County Down.
My question is, who picks up the tab? is it paid for by Authorities in the North or are fee's waivered as a sort of joint you scratch my back senario.
There was a search done by the Irish Naval service for two weeks off Kilkeel in Northen Ireland a few years ago, when a massive search was organised for the Green family fishing boat which went down. I believe it was requested by one of the new Sine Fein politicians at the time, A women I believe, but cant remember her name.
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