Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

Is the Taoiseach concerned that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has said he would be appalled if Irish facilities were used to service an aircraft that was used for facilitating breaches against the international convention on torture? The Minister for Defence has said he cannot give an answer one way or the other. Will the Taoiseach undertake to investigate the report that Shannon Airport has been used to service an aircraft that was being used to ferry individuals to places of detention in Syria and Egypt where they may have been tortured?

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