Mr. Diarmuid Ó Conghaile:

We provide the charting information that we are required to provide on behalf of the State under ICAO rules. We make that information available to the aviation sector to import into databases used for navigation. It would not be possible for us to analyse every geographical feature of a database to ensure that those maps have been rendered correctly. In the ordinary course of events, what would be expected is that where crews are flying routes and are aware of routes, they would identify obstacles they wish to have charted. We have such a process in place, and we are in discussion with the sector in this regard. Those in the sector ask us if we can map certain things and chart these additional obstacles in certain approach routes, etc. We have a workshop process in that context. We do respond to such requests, and we confirm that we can map such additional features. Typically, however, this process relates to approach routes into aerodromes, which are frequently used routes. It does not relate to areas of the coast that are infrequently used or flown over.