Clare Daly
Ceist:710. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of military aircraft that landed at Shannon Airport in 2016, with a monthly breakdown based on their country of origin. [1953/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 17 January 2017
Ceisteanna (710)
Freagraí scríofa
During 2016, my Department received 645 requests for landings by military aircraft at Shannon Airport from 11 countries. The details are set out in the following table:
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sept |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
|
Bahrain |
2 |
2 |
1 |
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Belgium |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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|
Canada |
1 |
2 |
1 |
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|
Egypt |
1 |
2 |
1 |
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|
France |
1 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
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|
Germany |
1 |
1 |
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|
Italy |
2 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
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Panama |
1 |
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Spain |
1 |
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Ukraine |
2 |
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|
United States |
40 |
60 |
63 |
42 |
55 |
70 |
33 |
37 |
50 |
49 |
55 |
38 |
|
Total |
41 |
63 |
64 |
46 |
58 |
74 |
37 |
47 |
55 |
58 |
61 |
41 |
Arrangements under which permission is granted for foreign military aircraft to land at Irish airports are governed by strict conditions. These include stipulations that the aircraft must be unarmed, carry no arms, ammunition or explosives and must not engage in intelligence gathering, and that the flights in question must not form part of military exercises or operations.