Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The assurance we have been given from the highest level is that no prisoners are being rendered, extraordinarily or otherwise, through Irish airports. We have no evidence that renditions have taken place and I have no reason to believe they have occurred. There is a difference between military and civil aviation.

My Department deals only with civil aviation. Civil aircraft carrying weapons or munitions of war landing in or overflying Ireland must have a permit issued by me under the air navigation orders of 1973 and 1989. As outlined, the majority of flights transporting US military personnel through Shannon Airport are operated by commercial airlines under contract to the US military. This means they have civil as opposed to military status.

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