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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 February 2017

Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Ceisteanna (154)

Clare Daly

Clare Daly

Clare Daly

Ceist:

154. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of military aircraft that passed through Irish airspace without landing at an Irish airport in each of the years 2014 to 2016, with a monthly breakdown based on their country of origin. [8983/17]

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Charles Flanagan

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order gives the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade primary responsibility for the regulation of activity, both landing in the State and overflying the State, by foreign military aircraft. The following tables provide information on the number of overflights through Irish airspace by foreign military aircraft during the period for which the Deputy has requested details, broken down by country of origin of the aircraft and month.

2014

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Total

Algeria

1

1

Angola

1

1

Australia

0

1

9

3

13

Belgium

4

10

4

3

2

23

Cameroon

2

1

3

Canada

8

1

1

9

4

6

3

11

5

6

1

55

Colombia

2

2

Czech Rep

1

1

2

Denmark

1

1

2

4

Djibouti

2

2

4

Egypt

3

3

3

1

1

3

2

1

3

20

France

3

5

5

8

4

3

2

2

9

8

16

65

Germany

1

2

3

3

3

3

2

5

1

3

26

India

2

2

Indonesia

1

1

Iran

1

1

Israel

2

2

Italy

2

2

3

1

3

1

2

0

1

15

Japan

2

2

Jordan

4

2

2

3

1

2

6

1

2

1

2

26

Lebanon

2

2

Malaysia

1

1

Mauritania

2

2

Mexico

4

4

Morocco

1

1

Netherlands

10

4

4

8

1

11

3

2

12

6

2

63

New Zealand

1

1

Oman

1

1

Pakistan

1

1

3

2

7

Panama

2

2

Philippines

1

1

Qatar

2

1

3

Rep of Congo

1

1

Romania

2

2

Sweden

4

2

2

2

2

2

3

17

Switzerland

2

2

4

Turkey

1

1

UK

1

1

4

2

8

United States*

101

84

88

99

103

92

54

56

69

64

48

46

904

Vietnam

2

2

TOTAL

148

108

117

126

133

112

99

83

107

103

80

79

1295

Figures for the US include both notifications received in advance and statistical reports received from the US Embassy

2015

Country

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

Total

Australia

1

2

2

2

1

8

Belgium

1

2

3

1

1

8

Botswana

2

2

Canada

1

1

1

1

4

1

3

2

4

18

Czech

1

2

1

1

2

1

1

9

Columbia

1

1

Denmark

1

1

Egypt

2

1

2

4

3

1

2

1

3

1

4

24

France

2

2

2

5

1

4

3

10

4

2

3

38

Germany

3

2

3

5

3

7

5

5

6

4

3

6

52

Greece

1

1

Honduras

2

2

Hungary

1

3

4

India

1

1

Indonesia

2

2

Italy

1

3

1

3

1

1

2

3

3

18

Jordan

6

2

1

2

1

1

2

2

2

3

22

Kazakstan

2

2

Mexico

3

2

1

2

1

2

11

Morocco

3

3

Netherlands

2

2

4

6

4

8

4

3

2

2

4

4

45

Pakistan

1

2

2

1

1

7

Panama

1

1

2

Qatar

1

1

2

Romania

2

2

Russia

1

1

2

Slovenia

2

2

Switzerland

2

2

2

2

8

Sweden

2

4

1

1

2

2

2

14

UAE

1

1

United Kingdom

5

9

2

2

9

3

2

5

37

United States*

47

48

40

63

36

38

29

13

28

12

74

85

513

Total

75

77

63

90

61

66

69

35

72

41

101

112

862

Figures for the US include both notifications received in advance and statistical reports received from the US Embassy

2016

Country

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

Total

Australia

1

1

2

1

5

Azerbaijan

1

1

Belgium

2

1

1

1

5

2

1

1

1

15

Botswana

1

1

Cameroon

2

2

Canada

3

2

1

1

1

8

4

1

2

3

1

27

Czech

2

2

2

2

8

Colombia

1

1

1

3

Cyprus

1

1

Egypt

1

2

1

3

1

1

4

2

4

1

20

Ecuador

1

1

France

2

6

7

5

7

6

10

1

4

2

50

Germany

1

1

2

4

4

3

2

3

5

3

2

30

Greece

2

2

Honduras

2

2

Hungary

1

1

India

1

2

1

4

Italy

1

5

1

3

5

3

1

5

3

1

28

Iraq

2

2

Japan

1

1

Jordan

1

2

1

4

1

2

1

2

14

Mexico

2

1

1

4

Netherlands

2

4

1

1

4

2

14

Nigeria

1

1

2

Pakistan

5

1

2

1

2

11

Qatar

3

3

Senegal

1

1

Slovak Rep

2

4

6

Switzerland

2

4

2

8

Sweden

2

1

2

1

4

2

3

1

16

Tunisia

2

2

3

2

2

11

Turkey

2

2

4

United Kingdom

5

4

4

2

3

1

2

4

1

26

United States*

81

53

99

169

146

173

148

128

115

129

91

95

1427

Venezuela

1

1

Vietnam

2

2

Total

97

81

129

194

179

207

177

162

155

151

116

106

1754

Figures for the US include both notifications received in advance and statistical reports received from the US Embassy.
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