Coastguard strike ends with agreement
MCA reaches agreement with striking officers

The Maritime & Coastguard Agency has reached an agreement with its Coastguard Rescue Officers on insurance cover whilst on duty. This follows a meeting between the Chief Coastguard Peter Dymond, and the Fishguard Coastguard Rescue Team on Thursday night, said the MCA in a statement yesterday.

The MCA said it is now pleased to announce that it has reached agreement on a process to compensate for loss of earnings and a range of associated issues.

The Agency has also offered to press ahead with arrangements for establishing a Working Group to consider the more detailed concerns and options for the medium and longer term. The output from that Working Group will be fed into a special CRS Conference to discuss future arrangements.

Chief Coastguard Peter Dymond said after agreement had been reached with the Fishguard Team

"I hope the Coastguard Rescue Service is now able to resume its normal professional service in all areas where service was withdrawn in providing search and rescue response to those in distress or danger along our coastline. I am also particularly keen to see a long term resolution to this issue. "