Written answers

Wednesday, 3 March 2021

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Shannon Airport Facilities

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine 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]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon 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)
2. Refusals of requests for Military Landings in this period: None

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
In addition, the USA provided post-hoc notifications of overflights (as required by the terms of a 1959 arrangement):

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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