Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest progress regarding the acquisition of counter drone technology for Shannon Airport to mitigate the threat of unauthorised drone operations. [40129/24]

James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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All airports in the State with commercial traffic are required to have procedures in place to deal with the safety risk posed by illegal drone activity. The procedures are developed in accordance with guidance on managing drone safety risk issued by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. Safety critical areas are defined, interagency response procedures are put in place and a risk assessment must be maintained at each of our airports as part of their certification by the Irish Aviation Authority.

While additional counter drone measures were required at Dublin Airport, the maintenance of an active risk assessment and appropriate operating procedures is currently considered sufficient to deal with potential illegal drone activity at other airports in the State.