Written answers
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Military Aircraft
Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an aircraft (details supplied) which was on contract to the US military, was authorised to carry weapons or munitions through Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46715/23]
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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No exemptions permitting the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft in Irish sovereign territory were granted, pursuant to Article 5 of the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989, to that air operator for any flights on the dates specified.
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