Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 March 2015
401. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 10 March 2015, if Shannon airport has been designated as a military installation for the purposes of Irish army personnel providing security for military planes from the United States of America and allowing them to be present while unaccompanied by An Garda Síochána. [11516/15]
View answerPrimary responsibility for law and order, including the protection of the internal security of the State, rests with An Garda Síochána. Among the roles assigned to the Defence Forces is the provision of Aid to the Civil Power (ATCP) which, in practice, means to assist An Garda Síochána when requested to do so.
Shannon Airport is not a military installation and on occasions when the Defence Forces are deployed to Shannon Airport it is in an ATCP role in response to a request for support of An Garda Síochána.
