Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the yearly weight of US military cargo through Irish airspace in stone and kilograms in each of the years 2010 to 2020, in tabular form. [60961/21]

Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of US military troops that have travelled through Shannon Airport in each of the years 2010 to 2020, in tabular form. [60962/21]

Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of exemptions which were issued for the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft to US military at Shannon Airport in each of the years 2010 and 2020, in tabular form. [60963/21]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 194 to 196, inclusive, together.

Exemptions permitting the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft are granted pursuant to Article 5 of the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders, 1973 and 1989. These exemptions are applied for by, and granted to, civil air transport operators only. From 2010 to 2020 the numbers of exemptions granted are detailed in the table below.

It is important to note that flights through Irish airspace by state aircraft, including military aircraft, from other countries are a matter for the Minister for Foreign Affairs. In addition, my Department has no statutory function regarding the transit of foreign military personnel through Irish sovereign territory or Irish airports.