Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 738: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there have been requests for the shipment of munitions to Israel through State airports here since 2006; the nature and outcome of the requests including the dates, types and quantities of munitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1287/09]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order 1952 gives the Minister for Foreign Affairs primary responsibility for the regulation of activity by foreign military aircraft in Ireland. A search of my Department's records of overflight and landing requests for foreign military aircraft since 1 January 2006 has revealed no request related to traffic by foreign military aircraft of the type described by the Deputy. The regulation of the transport of munitions of war by civil aircraft is, on the other hand, primarily a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Transport. There were no requests for the shipment of munitions of war for use by the Government of Israel in the period to which the Deputy refers.