Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail)

In the same context, the fact that the Minister for Foreign Affairs called for a review of the relevant civil aviation legislation, the Chicago Convention, was ignored. The reason he sought this was not just because of the developments in civil aviation since the conclusion of the convention in 1944 but because the convention currently only applies to military, police and customs aircraft transported a country.

Most of the CIA aircraft are privately owned and privately hired. There were 147 flights.