Written answers
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Military Aircraft
Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of military aircraft that passed through Irish airspace without landing at an Irish airport in each of the years 2014 to 2016, with a monthly breakdown based on their country of origin. [8983/17]
Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order gives the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade primary responsibility for the regulation of activity, both landing in the State and overflying the State, by foreign military aircraft. The following tables provide information on the number of overflights through Irish airspace by foreign military aircraft during the period for which the Deputy has requested details, broken down by country of origin of the aircraft and month.
2014
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Angola | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Australia | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | ||||||||
| Belgium | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | |||||||
| Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Canada | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 55 | |
| Colombia | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Czech Rep | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Denmark | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Djibouti | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Egypt | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20 | |||
| France | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 65 | |
| Germany | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 26 | ||
| India | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Indonesia | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Iran | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Israel | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Italy | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | |||
| Japan | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jordan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 26 | |
| Lebanon | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Malaysia | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mauritania | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Mexico | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Morocco | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Netherlands | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 63 | |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Oman | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||
| Panama | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Philippines | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Qatar | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Rep of Congo | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Romania | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Sweden | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | |||||
| Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Turkey | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| UK | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
| United States* | 101 | 84 | 88 | 99 | 103 | 92 | 54 | 56 | 69 | 64 | 48 | 46 | 904 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL | 148 | 108 | 117 | 126 | 133 | 112 | 99 | 83 | 107 | 103 | 80 | 79 | 1295 |
Figures for the US include both notifications received in advance and statistical reports received from the US Embassy
2015
| Country | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| Belgium | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| Botswana | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | |||
| Czech | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Columbia | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Denmark | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Egypt | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | |
| France | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 38 | |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 52 |
| Greece | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Honduras | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Hungary | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| India | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Indonesia | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Italy | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||
| Jordan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 22 | ||
| Kazakstan | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||||||
| Morocco | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 45 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Panama | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Qatar | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Romania | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Russia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Slovenia | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
| Sweden | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |||||
| UAE | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 37 | ||||
| United States* | 47 | 48 | 40 | 63 | 36 | 38 | 29 | 13 | 28 | 12 | 74 | 85 | 513 |
| Total | 75 | 77 | 63 | 90 | 61 | 66 | 69 | 35 | 72 | 41 | 101 | 112 | 862 |
Figures for the US include both notifications received in advance and statistical reports received from the US Embassy
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