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Shannon Airport Facilities

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 March 2021

Wednesday, 3 March 2021

Questions (357)

Catherine Connolly

Question:

357. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of permits granted for military aircraft to land at Shannon Airport and to pass through Irish airspace in November and December 2020 and January 2021; the number of permits refused for military aircraft to land at Shannon Airport and to pass through Irish airspace in each month; the countries the requests were made by; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11166/21]

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The requested data is in the tables below.

Permissions Granted for Military Aircraft Landings at Shannon Airport

Country

November 2020

December 2020

January 2021

Bahrain

1

France

1

2

Netherlands

1

2

Switzerland

1

USA

38

67

25

Total Permissions Granted

40

70

28

Total Permissions Used

33

(7 permissions granted to the US were not used)

53

(17 permissions granted to the US were not used)

26

(2 permissions granted to the US were not used)

2. Refusals of requests for Military Landings in this period: None

3. Permissions Granted for Military Overflights in this period

Country

November 2020

December 2020

January 2021

Belgium

5

(of which 1 was not used)

3

Canada

1

1

Czech Republic

1

Egypt

2

France

4

(of which 1 was not used)

4

3

Germany

1

7

5

Hungary

1

1

Kuwait

2

Poland

1

1

Switzerland

2

1

UK

1

(which was not used)

USA

0

3

(of which 1 was not used)

1

Total Permissions Granted

16

21

14

Total Permissions Used

13

20

14

In addition, the USA provided post-hoc notifications of overflights (as required by the terms of a 1959 arrangement):

41 overflights in November, 45 Overflights in December and 31 Overflights in January.

4. Overflight Refusals

My Department refused one overflight request in this period (Tunisia, November 2020).

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