Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Halligan does not have the advantage that Senators O’Keeffe and Ó Clochartaigh and I have because we have been to Shannon Airport and met the management there and the management of An Garda Síochána. Our sense of it is that the management of the airport operates within the law and allows flights, subject to the licence from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport or the diplomatic note from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. That is very clear and straightforward. If the Garda suspect an offence, if somebody has reported a crime is taking place aboard a plane, it would have to seek a warrant. It operates within the law.