Dr. Edward Horgan:

There are two different categories. There are military planes, painted dark green or in camouflage, which are clearly military planes. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has responsibility for those planes. It says that those planes are not carrying weapons, not carrying munitions of any sort and are not engaged in military operations or even exercises. Clearly, these planes could not and would not be passing through Shannon Airport unless they were involved in those things.