Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. I understand that in the past in our country, in much poorer days, we had very sophisticated aircraft for ensuring airspace security. There are very busy air corridors through our sovereign airspace nowadays. In the plans the Minister of State has to purchase new aircraft and perhaps upgrade aircraft, is he proposing additional capacity to ensure we are able to meet our sovereign obligations in regard to our own airspace?

The Minister of State's reply to my supplementary question contradicted his initial reply in regard to the capacity of the Air Corps to respond to requests for assistance.

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