Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 July 2016
422. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 419 of 12 July 2016, the number of American troops and military hardware which have used Dublin Airport in each of the years from 2001 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23176/16]
View answerCivil aircraft carrying munitions of war through Irish airspace or airports are required to have an exemption under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order, 1973.
Figures are available in relation to the numbers of permits issued under the Order. However, my Department does not collate information with regard to the number of US troops or military hardware that transit through Irish airspace or airports.
US civil aircraft issued with permits under the Order do not land at Dublin Airport. Those that do land in Ireland land at Shannon Airport. It is possible that since 2001 an occasional flight may have been diverted to Dublin Airport for technical reasons, but if so this would have been a very rare occurrence.
