asked the Minister for Justice if he will detail the arrangements for the reception at Shannon Airport of persons disembarking from Soviet aircraft who seek political asylum.
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In the nature of things there cannot be nor is there any need for any formal arrangement for what is a very rare occurrence. The few instances that have occurred in recent years where a passenger has sought to break his flight at Shannon while on a flight to or from the Soviet Union have not been considered to be cases where political asylum came in question.