Séamus Kirk (Louth, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for attending. I have a few brief questions. He mentioned briefly in his response the number of requests for overflights and notifications. There clearly has been a significant reduction over the past year or two, from 2013 to date, with the trend showing the reduction being maintained. On the background explanation for that reduction, can the Minister advise us as to why that might be so? The other question I was going to ask concerns the permission to land at Shannon. Is there a formal separate request arrangement for that as distinct from a request for an overflight facility?