John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Question 405: To ask the Minister for Transport the number to date in 2005 of passengers travelling through Shannon Airport; the number of these passengers who were on transatlantic journeys; the number which were United States troops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31472/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Dublin Airport Authority has supplied the figures requested by the Deputy for Shannon Airport from 1 January to 30 September 2005. Total passengers at Shannon Airport numbered 2,504,357. Of these 547,836 were transatlantic terminal passengers and 493,079 were transatlantic transit passengers. The latter figure includes 234,852 United States troops. The figures for October 2005 were not available when this reply was prepared.