Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 July 2020
85. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of each foreign military airforce that used an ARES area in Irish airspace in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of times in each year that each airforce made use of an Irish ARES area. [17598/20]
View answer86. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of each instance in which Irish airspace was reserved for the use of foreign military aircraft through flexible use of airspace in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and the foreign military involved in each instance. [17599/20]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 85 and 86 together.
My policy remit is limited to civil aviation and therefore matters relating to military activity fall outside of my ministerial responsibilities. Matters relating to foreign military activity in Irish airspace are a matter, in the first instance, for my colleague the Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney, T.D.
