Written answers

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Air Services

9:00 am

Photo of Aengus Ó SnodaighAengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 42: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a regime to ensure aviation leasing companies who do business with intelligence agencies declare to the aviation authority if a hired plane is being used by an intelligence agency and therefore is on official state business, even if a private company is hiring the plane. [8605/11]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I do not plan to introduce such a regime. The Irish Aviation Authority has statutory responsibility for regulating the safety standards in civil aviation in the State and for providing air navigation services to aircraft operating in Irish airspace and it performs these functions in accordance with its mandate under national and EU law and in accordance with the relevant international conventions.

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