Written answers
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Shannon Airport Facilities
Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of permits granted for military aircraft to land at Shannon Airport and to pass through Irish airspace in November and December 2020 and January 2021; the number of permits refused for military aircraft to land at Shannon Airport and to pass through Irish airspace in each month; the countries the requests were made by; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11166/21]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The requested data is in the tables below.
Permissions Granted for Military Aircraft Landings at Shannon Airport
Country | November 2020 | December 2020 | January 2021 |
---|---|---|---|
Bahrain | 1 | ||
France | 1 | 2 | |
Netherlands | 1 | 2 | |
Switzerland | 1 | ||
USA | 38 | 67 | 25 |
Total Permissions Granted | 40 | 70 | 28 |
Total Permissions Used | 33 (7 permissions granted to the US were not used) | 53 (17 permissions granted to the US were not used) | 26 (2 permissions granted to the US were not used) |
3. Permissions Granted for Military Overflights in this period
Country | November 2020 | December 2020 | January 2021 |
---|---|---|---|
Belgium | 5 (of which 1 was not used) | 3 | |
Canada | 1 | 1 | |
Czech Republic | 1 | ||
Egypt | 2 | ||
France | 4 (of which 1 was not used) | 4 | 3 |
Germany | 1 | 7 | 5 |
Hungary | 1 | 1 | |
Kuwait | 2 | ||
Poland | 1 | 1 | |
Switzerland | 2 | 1 | |
UK | 1 (which was not used) | ||
USA | 0 | 3 (of which 1 was not used) | 1 |
Total Permissions Granted | 16 | 21 | 14 |
Total Permissions Used | 13 | 20 | 14 |
41 overflights in November, 45 Overflights in December and 31 Overflights in January.
4. Overflight Refusals
My Department refused one overflight request in this period (Tunisia, November 2020).
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