Air Navigation Orders

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 June 2017

Tuesday, 20 June 2017

Ceisteanna (1873)

Clare Daly

Ceist:

1873. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of munition of war permits issued to date in 2017 under Article 5 of the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order 1973; the details of the date, the aircraft operator, the locations they were flying to and from and cargo being carried that required the permit; if he has refused permit requests in that period; if so, the details of the aircraft operator; and the basis on which the permit request was refused. [28114/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport

My Department has recently started to publish on its website a Monthly Report on Munitions of War Exemptions issued under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order, 1973, (S.I. No. 224 of1973). This can be be accessed by the Deputy via the following link http://www.dttas.ie/aviation/publications/english/statistics-munitions-war (latest figures available are up to the end of May 2017). The remainder of the information sought by the Deputy, in tabular form, will be forwarded to the Deputy. 

In relation to the 16 refusals detailed in the tabular statement, these were all refused on the advice of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.