Susan O'Keeffe (Labour) | Oireachtas source

The argument made by the petitioners is that the burden on them to establish such proof would be quite enormous. Therefore, their argument centres on why we do not police the planes and search them on an ongoing basis. We do not do so because we accept the assurances given to us by the sovereign state that is the United States. Every time we debate this, it is asked why we do not search.