Written answers

Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Aviation Issues

Photo of Andrew DoyleAndrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the legal status and legislative basis for the Federal Air Marshal Service of the Transportation Security Administration of the United States Department of Homeland Security and their passage through airports here; if they are required to notify his Department of their possession of foreign registered firearms when arriving or departing on flights between Ireland and the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26150/13]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Aviation security arrangements including those related to the carriage of firearms on board aircraft at Irish airports are kept under continuous review by my Department, by the Irish Aviation Authority and by the National Civil Aviation Security Committee. It is not the practice to comment on specific security measures and arrangements in place at Irish airports or on the monitoring activities carried out.

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