Mick Wallace
Question:116. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of requests that have been made to his Department by the military of the United States of America for landing permits at Shannon Airport, or overflights, under the Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order 1952 since March 2015; the number of such permissions that have been granted by his Department in that period; the assurance he will provide that none of these planes were en route to participate in, or contribute to, the Saudi-led and United States of America-backed bombing campaign in Yemen; the measures his Department has taken to ensure that these particular planes are unarmed, carrying no arms, ammunition or explosives, do not engage in intelligence gathering, and do not take part in any military exercises or operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37694/15]
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