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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is there research or more information available on that?

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom comhbhrón a dhéanamh le cairde agus muintir Jonathan Corrie, a fuarthas caillte ar an tsráid taobh amuigh anseo. Bhí sé uafásach brónach agus an-truamhéileach bheith in éineacht le cuid acu tráthnóna inné. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. I raise an issue which we have debated previously but it is important that we...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Rubbish.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Senator Gilroy is waffling again.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Cé go bhfuilimid beagáinín amhrasach faoi chuid de na forálacha a bhaineann leis an mBille seo, táimid ag tacú leis le dul ar aghaidh go dtí an chéad chéim eile den reachtaíocht. Measaim go bhfuil cuid de na himní a bhí againn léirithe chomh maith ag an Aire Stáit,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank and welcome Mr. Burgess and the other officials from the Department. I was on the delegation that went to Shannon. We talked to the airport authorities and spoke to the gardaí there. Basically, they painted a picture for us to the effect that they had no role whatsoever in the issue outlined. The way they described it these aircraft have diplomatic immunity, they were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I wish to follow up a little. I appreciate the answer. Similar answers have been given to many parliamentary questions, etc. What is the position of sovereign immunity vis-à-visinternational human rights law? What if there were someone on an airplane coming from another country who had been tortured or was being brought to a place to be tortured? Where do the rights of these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: For example, a cleaner in Shannon Airport could be sent in to clean an aeroplane for some reason, only to see somebody shackled aboard the aeroplane. If, out of a fear or worry that this person's rights were being impugned, the cleaner then reported this to the authorities on the ground in Shannon Airport, Mr. Burgess essentially is telling me that even if the Government wished to intervene,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: However, in the case of a military aircraft, are there any circumstances in which there would be an intervention?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Basically, the Irish Government depends on good faith between the State and other governments that claim there is nothing untoward going on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank Mr. Burgess.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: A number of issues have been raised in the questioning. If I am travelling as a civilian on a civilian aircraft I come with my bags and I could tell the airport staff that I do not have aerosols or anything in my bag but they check it. Do we take for granted that the only items in the hold are the hand guns and the rifles that have been stipulated or is there a checking procedure to ensure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I will have one or two more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Mr. Burgess stated he makes recommendations. Are there cases where the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has overruled these? Mr. Burgess may have recommended that a flight not be allowed to pass over. Is he aware of any time when the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has overruled this suggestion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The other big issue raised with us by people from Shannon Watch and others concerned is that Shannon is ostensibly seen as a civilian airport but military flights land there. People who would not be happy with US foreign policy would certainly see a plane with 200 military personnel and handguns as a military flight for all intents and purposes. From our perspective, a neutrality point of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: With all due respect, Mr. Burgess is an expert at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and liaises with other states on these issues. Certain countries would not be happy with some of the actions of the US military and Mr. Burgess is aware of many of them. The Department's diplomats throughout the world have contact with them. They could take issue with the fact that we call...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade not concerned that a civilian airport such as Shannon would possibly be a target for foreign groupings which might not look favourably on the movement of troops through an airport such as this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We focus very much on US troops passing through. Have we refused to allow flights carrying weapons from any other countries? If so, how many and what countries are in question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Dec 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Would it be possible for the committee to obtain details on the number of flights from throughout the world which were not allowed due to these stipulations?