Air Navigation Orders
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-17
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Catherine Connolly (IND), Galway West

It is a pity there is so little time and I am a stickler for time. We are clearly colluding with genocide when we do not conduct inspections, random or otherwise, of planes landing in Shannon Airport. As we know through The Ditch and other sources and dedicated people on the ground, a number of American soldiers have gone through that airport. The Minister set out the provisions of the Chicago Convention and referred to another agreement. He told us it is clearly against the law to carry weapons and arms in civilian aircraft. I am referring to the Americans doing that. What has the Minister done to ensure we are not breaking the law? Will he tell us that? What inspections have been carried out? What investigations has he carried out? When will the investigation he is currently undertaking be completed given the urgency of the matter?

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Sitting date: 2024-10-17