Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

I take it the Taoiseach has no jurisdiction over Guantanamo Bay but he does have jurisdiction over Shannon Airport. This is the substance of my question. Does the Taoiseach accept Senator Dick Marty's clear understanding that flights used for rendition purposes have used Shannon Airport? Ireland was effectively found guilty of negligent collusion with the secret detention and unlawful interstate transfers of persons by the US military and the Central Intelligence Agency by the Council of Europe's committee on legal affairs and human rights. The Taoiseach has been asked by the Council of Europe, the EU Network of Independent Experts in Fundamental Rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, the Irish Human Rights Commission, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and 76% of the Irish people at the last count to live up to his international human rights commitments and obligations and ensure these airplanes are inspected. Will the Taoiseach do so in compliance with international law, irrespective of who owns or hired the airplanes or what might be found on them? He is legally obliged to uphold the law. Will he do so and does he accept that flights used for rendition purposes have passed through Shannon Airport?

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