Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left) | Oireachtas source

We obviously have a very peculiar situation in Ireland where foreign military aircraft can overfly and land based on permission received from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, but yet tens of thousands of troops and weapons are being carried on civilian aircraft under the remit of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. When the Departments of Justice and Equality and Defence are added in, we have everybody being responsible and nobody being responsible. Has the time now come for all these issues to be brought under the control of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade?

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