Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Looking at the issue in the context of security, even in terms of renewables offshore, have we reached a point as a country where we have to be able to detect all planes that come into the area we control, that is, that perimeter around Ireland? It is the Shannon region as well as the SOTA and NOTA, which are areas we manage on behalf of the UK but that are under our jurisdiction in terms of management of the airspace. Have we reached a point where we have to put radar in place so that we can detect all planes, whether they have the transponders switched on or not? Have we reached that point in terms of security, even that of energy supply?