Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We have made a presumption also that when civilian aircraft carry personnel, the guns in the hold belong to the personnel. Is that always the case or are there cases of weaponry being carried without the personnel they relate to being on the flight also? We presumed that if there are 200 marines on a flight that there are 200 hand guns, rifles or whatever that belong to the marines on that flight. Are there cases where that is not the case in that military weaponry has been carried and the correlating foot soldiers, to put it mildly, are not on the flight? We are also assuming it is always military personnel who are on the flight. Is it the case that former military who might be hired by a private company could possibly be travelling through Shannon with weaponry? Is it possible that other individuals coming from the US and travelling to other countries might want to pass through Shannon with weaponry? Would the permissions be similar? How would that work?