Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport

Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Cathal CroweCathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)

A total of 80% of all transatlantic aircraft are coming into Europe and are not all landing in Ireland, but they are flying over Irish airspace through Shanwick over that Woodcock Hill radar. I have already made the point that drones could compromise this, and the IAA has lots of signage in and around that radar station cautioning that drones should not be used. The elephant in the room is that there are a lot of wind farms being planned for in this area - fixed infrastructure that rotates and can affect the efficacy of that radio wave pinging up and back to the aircraft. What is the Irish Aviation Authority position on that?

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