Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions
Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed)
4:15 pm
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
In other states internationally which declared themselves neutral, does Mr. Smyth find anything like the Shannon stopover? Does he find US planes carrying military personnel stopping over in those states?
To return to the point about the rendition flights, there are international organisations that have said they can trace planes that have travelled through Shannon and people who have ended up being water boarded in Guantanamo. They say there is enough circumstantial evidence to argue that some of the planes coming through Shannon should be stopped and checked. I am trying to put Ireland on a league table internationally of other countries which would have a high standing as being neutral. Would they consider a Shannon stopover a breach of their neutrality or not?
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