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“Irish Maritime Development Office.
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4A.—(1) There shall be established within and as part of the Institute an office, to be known as the Irish Maritime Development Office, to perform the following functions, namely—
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(a) to promote and assist the development of Irish shipping and Irish shipping services and seafarer training,
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(b) to liaise with, support and market the shipping and shipping services sector,
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(c) to advise the Minister on the development and co-ordination of policy in the shipping and shipping services sector so as to protect and create employment,
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(d) to carry out policy as may be specified by the Minister relating to the shipping and shipping services sector and seafarer training,
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(e) to promote the registration of ships in the State by any person entitled to so register, and
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(f) any additional functions relating to the shipping and shipping services sector conferred on the Institute under section 4(4) of this Act.
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(2) In this section ‘shipping services’ includes ship management, technical management, commercial management, crew management, ship finance and mortgages, marine insurance, maritime legal services, ship broking and ship chartering.”.
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