Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

——landed at Shannon Airport on 30 October last at 1.14 a.m. and departed at 2.03 a.m. It is understood this aircraft is owned by a private company based in Las Vegas. The landing was for a technical/refuelling stop and, in accordance with the Chicago Convention, aircraft may come into Ireland for such technical stops without notifying any national authority.

The Minister further understands that the presence of this aircraft at Shannon Airport was the subject of a contemporaneous complaint to the Garda Síochána, with the complainant requesting an aircraft search. The Garda response to this complaint did not include an inspection of the aircraft in question.

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