Dáil debates
Thursday, 17 January 2019
Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions
Military Aircraft Landings
11:00 am
Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source
I am wondering about the cost and scale of the Defence Forces' involvement in aid-to-the-civil-power functions at Shannon Airport, where, as we know, their primary duty is to protect US military aircraft, such as the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transporter that went through the airport in October on its way to Tel Aviv. It came back via the airport a couple of days later. It is operated by the US Air Force airlift wing and is capable of carrying vast quantities of military weaponry to an area of the world where we know Palestinians have been under attack. What are we at?
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