Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 53, 165 and 200 of 14 June 2018, if an aeroplane was in fact involved in military operations (details supplied) immediately prior to the emergency that required the emergency landing at Shannon Airport on 3 June 2018 contrary to the response given. [27155/18]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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An extremely urgent request for landing facilities was granted on 3 June 2018 for a US military aircraft, a on the basis that this was purely an emergency situation. The aircraft concerned was not in Irish sovereign airspace when the emergency was declared nor was it scheduled to enter Irish sovereign airspace under its original flight plan. The US Embassy subsequently confirmed to my Department in writing that the aircraft in question was unarmed, did not carry any arms, ammunition or explosives, was not engaged in intelligence gathering and that the requested flight did not form part of any military operations or exercises.

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 53 and 200 of 14 June 2018, if full details of the prior notification received will be provided. [27156/18]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Notification of the request and the reason for an emergency landing on 3 June 2018 by a US military aircraft, a was conveyed to my Department, via the Department’s Duty Officer, following the declaration of an emergency by the aircrew and prior to the landing in Shannon taking place. The Duty Officer in turn was in immediate contact with An Garda Síochána and Shannon Airport. The US Embassy subsequently confirmed to my Department in writing that the aircraft in question was unarmed, did not carry any arms, ammunition or explosives, was not engaged in intelligence gathering and that the requested flight did not form part of any military operations or exercises.

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 53 and 200 of 14 June 2018, if fighter aircraft entered Irish airspace in view of the fact that the plane involved in the emergency landing at Shannon Airport on 3 June 2018 was involved in refuelling US fighter aircraft either during or immediately prior to the emergency occurring (details supplied). [27157/18]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The answer to the Deputy’s question is no.