An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2025-04-01
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

I will go through it here. I have just been on to the Department about the matter. It is not accurate at all that the increase is related to Gaza, and it is wrong to assert that. It is just plain wrong to assert that. Basically, the Department did see an increase in applications for exemptions from October 2023. However, these were representative of an increase in applications for Irish-registered civil aircraft operating outside the State.

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Sitting date: 2025-04-01