Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 July 2016
52. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 21 June 2016, if he has reconfirmed details in respect of the aircraft and if he is quite sure that the aircraft in question did not participate in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization military exercises in Poland which took place in early to mid-June 2016. [19086/16]
View answerThe Embassy has reconfirmed details which it had provided in relation to the aircraft to which the Deputy refers. The Embassy has further stated that the aircraft were not carrying passengers or equipment intended for use in Exercise Anakonda and that the aircraft did not participate in that exercise.
I am satisfied that the US is aware of the need to comply with the strict conditions attaching to permission for military aircraft to land at Irish airports, including that the flights in question must not form part of military exercises or operations.
Bilateral relations between friendly nations are founded on mutual trust. Details provided by diplomatic missions are therefore accepted in good faith as being accurate. In this particular case, details for the flights have been re-confirmed by the Embassy which has also provided the additional assurances which I have outlined.
