Needed for future cruise ship passengers says DoI
New security gates at a jetty in Port Erin have cost taxpayers £3,000.
They’ve been installed so that cruise ship passengers can be tendered to the walkway if vessels want to stop at the southern port.
The gates will be closed if and when people want to disembark or return to the ship.
Rushen MHK Michelle Haywood questioned the Infrastructure Minister this week about whether they were actually necessary.
Chris Thomas maintained they were:
Tynwald approves changes to sitting schedule, including half-term breaks and revised start dates
Measures to avoid school break sittings backed, with earlier October and January starts agreed
Plea to Manx parents to check meningitis vaccination status
It follows the death of two young people in the UK
Bus dispute ‘a considerable way apart’ as talks continue, says infrastructure minister
Tim Crookall optimistic progress is possible despite ongoing strike action and disagreements over contracts and pay structure
Noble's bed capacity exceeding industry-recognised 'safe levels'
The health minister's been responding to an urgent Tynwald question
