Dáil debates
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions
Defence Forces Deployment
5:00 pm
Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
That would be a matter for An Garda Síochána. We are called upon as aid to the civil power by An Garda Síochána when we are required to provide a service at Shannon Airport. As I have stated, we have provided a service on 167 occasions since 1 January 2017. It is not my area of responsibility. It is a matter for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, which has primary responsibility for overflights and landings of foreign military aircraft, and for An Garda Síochána after that.
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