Air Navigation Orders

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 June 2016

Tuesday, 14 June 2016

Questions (565)

Mick Wallace

Question:

565. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of permits and the countries to which his Department granted permission to transport munitions through Ireland or Irish airspace in 2016 to date under the Air Navigation and Transport Act (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order 1973; the information they provided on the destination of these aeroplanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15525/16]

Written answers

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport

The number of permits issued to transport munitions through Ireland or Irish Airspace in 2016 to date under the Air Navigation and Transport Act (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order 1973 is 335.

Permits were issued to airlines of the following countries - USA 315; Ireland 8; Turkey 5; Switzerland 3; UK 2; Spain 1; Ethiopia 1.

The next destinations after landing in Ireland or overflying Irish airspace for which permits issued were as follows - USA 145 flights; Germany 112; Kuwait 33; Afghanistan 8;  Ireland 9; Romania 9; UK 4; Finland 2; United Arab Emirates 2; and Holland, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Ethiopia, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Poland, Spain and Ukraine, 1 each.