Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is right that is part of the conversation or discussions we had last night. We had a meeting of the relevant agencies and Department about what happened at the airport. It is not new. There had been a number of instances over the past year. Last weekend was unusual in that, three days in a row, in effect, there were drone intrusions that required diversion of certain flights. It is not just the diversion of flights as there are other heightened security risks even with having flights holding. It backs up into the European network because we then have to start giving signals to some of the departing airfields that Dublin has this problem.

We have quite extensive legislation on drone technology with respect to the need for permitting, licensing and operating drones. There is no shortage of what is, very correctly, punitive legislation if people are caught. I expect there will be prosecutions if people are caught. It is not as if the Garda has not had instances where it may be able to prosecute. Nothing is-----