Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 September 2016
473. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 831 of 16 September 2016, the purpose of those flights listed as originating in and destined for Romania; and if those flights had a connection to the activation of a missile defence station in Romania by the United States in May 2016. [26979/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe requests for landings by the flights in question concerned airport familiarisation and aircraft refuelling. The US Embassy has confirmed that the flights in question were not connected to the activation of a missile defence station in Romania by the United States in May 2016.
The US Embassy has also re-confirmed that the flights in question were unarmed, carried no arms, ammunition or explosives and did not engage in intelligence gathering and that the flights in question did not form part of a military exercise or operation. Permission for the flights in question to land was granted subject to these conditions.
