Written answers

Tuesday, 3 November 2015

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Military Aircraft Landings

Photo of Clare DalyClare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm whether the United States of America gunship, AC-130W, responsible for the horrific bombing of the Médicins Sans Frontièrs hospital in Kunduz in Afghanistan, had passed through Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36842/15]

Photo of Charles FlanaganCharles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Permission would not be granted for the landing of an aircraft of the type specified by the Deputy.

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.

Arrangements under which permission is granted for foreign military aircraft, including US aircraft, to land at Irish airports are governed by strict conditions. These include stipulations that the aircraft must be unarmed, carry no arms, ammunition or explosives and must not engage in intelligence gathering, and that the flights in question must not form any part of military exercises or operations.

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