Shannon Airport Facilities
Dail Éireann — 2024-06-27
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

I take the Deputy's point. We condemn the bombardment of Gaza. What is happening in Gaza is absolutely shocking. It needs to stop and it must stop immediately. There has been a long-standing relationship between the United States and Israel, going back to the foundation of the latter state, and likewise between many European Union states and Israel. We are a militarily neutral country. We apply conditions to aircraft overflying or landing in the State. Aeroplanes will overfly Irish airspace, including thousands of civil aircraft. Any military aircraft requires diplomatic clearance to do so. There is full transparency in terms of both civil aircraft and aircraft seeking diplomatic clearance. As I said, there is a long-standing principle of customary international law that a state may not exercise its jurisdiction in respect of another state or its property. That long-standing principle applies to foreign state and military aircraft overflying or landing in Ireland, just as it applies to Irish State and military aircraft abroad.

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Sitting date: 2024-06-27