Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

First, we take the matter very seriously. On behalf of the Department of Transport we have contacted the Belgian Government with a view to getting that information formally from the authorities in Belgium. I referred to the objective of the airlines because, ultimately, they can go miles outside of our sovereign airspace and they would not be in violation of our laws or the Chicago convention but would still be transporting whatever cargo of weapons or whatever to wherever they want to go, including Israel. I make that point in the context of where we are. There are serious issues here, first in terms of violation of our sovereign airspace, and second our capacity and mechanisms to deal effectively and robustly with any airline that would deliberately violate our laws and the Chicago convention itself.

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