Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions
Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
4:25 pm
Mr. Niall Burgess:
Can I clarify this point? I was referring to the passage of civilian aircraft through Shannon Airport. Authorisation is granted by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. The Department consults us in a number of cases and we were consulted in regard to 700 requests last year. Some 85% of the requests related to personal weapons. I do not have a figure to hand------
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