Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport

Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Enda Walsh:

We spoke about the three broad risk categories. In the open category all operators are required to keep the drone in visual line of sight. That is being able to see the drone and also being aware of the surroundings and to understand what is underneath it and what is around it in terms of other aircraft. In the specific category you can have beyond visual line of sight operations. These are quite common throughout Europe. We assess the air risk and the ground risk before issuing an authorisation, but to do beyond visual line of sight, you do need specific authorisation from ourselves.

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