Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will be contributing next and have a few questions to put to the Minister. Under programme D, which relates to civil aviation, I will pick up from where Deputy O'Rourke left off on the issue of drones at Dublin Airport. In recent days, this has been having serious consequences for the airport and for all who depend on and use it. As the Minister has said, drones passing over the airfield and apron at Dublin Airport pose a very grave safety risk for aircraft taking off, landing or taxiing. It is very worrying. There is drone jammer technology, which I believe the Minister was probably alluding to. While this is not yet mainstream, it is used over some airfields in America to keep the perimeter area entirely free of drones. Has that been looked at? Has any specific technology been looked at? We cannot really wait for a Europe-wide approach to this.