Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify aviation rules that make the sending of sealed electronic equipment phones, games consoles and so on illegal to send for repair in Britain via An Post and thus through air freight; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these same items can be bought online and are shipped into the country via air freight on a daily basis, and that those who wish to avail of a guarantee from the makers (details supplied) cannot interfere with the device or risk losing the warranty and that they demand that they be sent to their repair companies more often than not in Britain; if this restriction is on all air freight operators; the reason when a postee unaware of the restrictions sends such an item, that the package is destroyed instead of being returned to them. [19308/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Civil aviation security in Ireland is governed by Regulations (EC) Nos. 300/2008 and 185/2010 which have been adopted into Ireland's National Civil Aviation Security Programme. The Annex to Regulation (EC) No. 185/2010 contains a list of items that are prohibited from being carried in the hold of an aircraft. Under EU and national aviation security provisions, there is no prohibition on the carriage of any of the above-mentioned items.