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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 May 2024)

Martin Conway: I think of a number of areas that we really need to be looking at right now. Senator Gavan and I would agree that we need to start looking at the US military's use of Shannon Airport. As a country, we are better than that. We do not need to be facilitating the refuelling of American army jets and planes in Shannon Airport. I know I am an outlier in Clare in expressing that view. It would...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...the recovery and return to operations following COVID-19 continues to frame the context in which Ireland does business with the world. High quality international connectivity through our ports and airports is arguably more important now than ever. The relevant sectoral strategies here are the National Aviation Policy, the National Ports Policy and the Telecommunications chapter of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...that not be called out? Should we not say publicly that this has to stop? Should we not tell Joe Biden not to arm this massacre and, for that matter, that we are not going to facilitate United States troops in Shannon Airport while he is complicit in a genocide?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...have fled or are attempting to survive and who face being slaughtered in the coming weeks. The question is what the Government is going to do about it. Will it please stop the US military from using Shannon Airport, including, potentially, to transport weapons en route to Israel? Will it expel the Israeli ambassador and impose sanctions on Israel? Why is it left to ordinary people like...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (25 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: 137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the investment in the National Aviation Policy which provides support for Cork and Shannon Airports to develop as regional tourism and business gateways as outlined in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18465/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...in effect, reward Israel for genocide? In the context where they are blatantly arming and supporting Israel to continue that genocide does the Taoiseach believe they should continue to have the use of airport facilities in this country at Shannon Airport while they are complicit with that genocide?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (23 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Catherine Connolly: ...Question No. 132 of 16 April 2024, to clarify the steps taken to ensure that US Air Force C17 Globemaster aircraft number 08-8021 was not carrying weapons or munitions when it travelled through Shannon Airport on 10 April 2024 and landed in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 11 April 2024, and was further tracked flying over Israel, Jordan and Egypt on 13 and 15 April 2024; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Heritage Sites (18 Apr 2024)

Jack Chambers: The Shannon Heritage business and sites in Clare transferred from the Shannon Airport Group to Clare County Council from 1 May 2023. As Dunguaire Castle is located in county Galway, it was not part of that transfer agreement, however I understand that Clare County Council operated the Castle on behalf of the Group on a temporary basis over the 2023 summer season. I understand that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...question of the triple lock. The triple lock is the only legal provision that meant that a Government that clearly supported the US in its invasion of Iraq and facilitated the invasion of Iraq through its use of Shannon Airport, could not legally send ordinary Irish soldiers to go, fight and die in a war for oil and profit in the Middle East on behalf of the US. A recent opinion poll...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: We echo the call for a debate on the European migrant pact, obviously for different reasons. We do think we have to have the debate. The issue I want to raise is the question of the use of Shannon Airport by the US military. I was there on Sunday at a protest. There is great concern in the country about the escalating and increased use of Shannon Airport by US military flights. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (16 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...for Foreign Affairs and Trade what steps, if any, were taken to ensure that US Air Force C17 Globemaster aircraft number 08-8201 was not carrying weapons or munitions when it travelled through Shannon Airport on 10 April 2024, coming from Mac Dill US Air Force base in Tampa, Florida, and which then travelled on to Tel Aviv, Israel on 11 April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Bríd Smith: ...of settlers there. We will recognise the state of Palestine, but we must also recognise that it is time to take action as a matter of urgency. The one thing we need to do is to end the use of Shannon Airport. The US military has been using Shannon Airport more frequently. We do not check its planes.

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In the Mayo county development plan there is talk about connecting, at enormous cost, for example, Shannon Airport, to the rail network. There is also the long mooted metro in Dublin which will cost billions of euro. It is a ten-minute bus ride from the terminal at Knock Airport to Charlestown station. Is it a policy of Mayo County Council to develop the Knock to Galway and Knock to Sligo...

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: ...not drag us into war or into ditching our neutrality. To that end, I challenge the Taoiseach to call a referendum on neutrality rather than putting a Bill before this House to say to the people who will be in Shannon Airport on Sunday, protesting against the increased movement of US troops going through this country out to the Middle East, and to say to the people in Palestine and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Carol Nolan: ...for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department collects data on the number of permissions granted to US Air Force or US military aircraft to fly through Irish air space and land and refuel in Shannon Airport and other landing facilities; if so, the number of such permissions granted each year from 2018 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14846/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (9 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether weapons bound for Israel are transiting through Shannon Airport; if he will immediately stop the use of Shannon as a transit hub for an active enabler of the genocidal violence happening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14052/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Daa has statutory responsibility for the management, operation and development of Dublin airport and has submitted a planning application to Fingal County Council seeking to increase the passenger cap to 40m and planning permission for capacity enhancing projects including new aircraft piers and stands. I cannot intervene in the planning process, including the application seeking an...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Cathal Crowe: 244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a Public Service Obligation application in respect of a proposed Shannon Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15010/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...denomination COI Cavan 19921C Drung No 2 N S Drung, Co Cavan Bishop of Kilmore Elphin & Ardagh COI Religious denomination COI Cavan 18740Q Shannon Airport No 2 N S Shannon Airport, Co Clare Bishop of Limerick, Killaloe & Ardfert COI Religious denomination ...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (21 Mar 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Eamon Ryan: I agree with the Deputy that rail connectivity in particular will be a critical issue for the sustainable development of airports. A rail connection to Shannon Airport, as part of a wider investment in the Limerick-Shannon region, the reopening of the Shannon-Foynes line and the building of new stations in the likes of Moyross and elsewhere, would not just benefit the airport but also the...