Air Corps

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 September 2022

Thursday, 8 September 2022

Ceisteanna (752)

Catherine Connolly

Ceist:

752. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reasons given by the Sudanese authorities for the refusal to give the Air Corps PC-12 (details supplied) which is currently stranded in Entebbe airport in Uganda permission to depart, given that it had received permission to depart Entebbe airport for the Democratic Republic of the Congo just a few days earlier. [43224/22]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Diplomatic  clearance was provided by the Sudanese authorities in response to each diplomatic clearance request submitted to the Sudanese authorities by our Embassy in Nairobi through our Honorary Consul in Khartoum. There is and was no Air Corps plane stranded in Entebbe. The Air Corps crew arrived safely home to Ireland on Friday 19th August following completion of a successful mission.