The requirement for foreign military aircraft to obtain permission from the Minister for foreign affairs is set out in the Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order 1952. The Government's position on the inspection of military aircraft has been very clear: foreign state or military aircraft which are given permission to land in Ireland are not subject to inspection or other enforcement measures.
This principle applies automatically to foreign state or military aircraft in the same way as it applies to Irish state or military aircraft abroad. Under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989, the carriage of munitions of war is prohibited on any civil aircraft in Irish sovereign territory and onboard any Irish-registered civil aircraft, wherever they may be operating, unless an exemption is granted by the Minister for Transport.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 6,069 words from 14 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Patricia Stephenson and Nessa Cosgrove; Níl, Senators Cathal Byrne and Paul Daly.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 16–28 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 15–30 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 12–29 |
| Question put: | Carried | 29–12 |
Party shown is the one each member held on 2026-06-10, frozen by a dated join — not their party today. The Oireachtas API publishes no date of birth and returns an empty gender field for every member in this period, so no age or gender breakdown is shown.