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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to end the use of all Irish airports by foreign military aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40621/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: The background to my question is that we have military warplanes landing in Shannon Airport, staying for hours or overnight. We are reliant on people like the staff of The Ditch and Ed Horgan and other concerned citizens who are bringing this to our attention. Military warplanes carrying tonnes of weapons are staying overnight or passing through Shannon. What are the Government's plans to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: Is the Deputy saying that military aircraft with tonnes of arms are landing?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Yes, I am. Absolutely.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: I just wanted to clarify that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Both passing through and landing for a number of hours.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: I had not heard the earlier part of the question. That is why I sought clarification. I propose to take Questions Nos. 9 and 10 together. Under the terms of the Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order, 1952, all foreign military aircraft wishing to overfly or land in the State require diplomatic clearance from the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Diplomatic clearance is only...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I will read out some of the facts. On 3 October, Omni Air, and the figure is given, on 4 October, another airline, on 4 October-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: Where is this from?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I will send this on to the Tánaiste. These are all documented aeroplanes, either on contract to the US military or otherwise, that landed at Shannon Airport. These were all reported in The Ditch. Ed Horgan has also brought it to our attention. Yesterday, he documented three US warplanes were at Shannon Airport. Is the Tánaiste seriously telling me he is relying on assurances...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy made various points there. First of all, I condemn the war on Gaza.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I was talking about the use of Shannon Airport.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: I know, but the Deputy has conflated everything.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I did not conflate everything.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt you, Deputy - through the Chair, if I may.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I apologise.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: Let us be very clear: everyone in this House, regardless of their political leanings, has called for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the war in Gaza. We have condemned the bombardment and the collective punishment of the people in Gaza. I also condemn what is happening in Lebanon, where one million people have been displaced. I condemn what is happening in the West Bank, where the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: You cannot find out if you do not look or inspect or you rely on reassurances from an American state that is backing Israel to the core. The last figure I have is that the US has spent €17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since last October. This figure is from the Costs of War project by the Watson Institute at Brown University, released last Monday. The Tánaiste is telling...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: I do not agree with that. It is a fundamental distortion to suggest we are complicit in genocide and an outrageous assertion. It is also a bit propagandistic. I knocked on a door recently and the person who answered said to me that all the weapons are being supplied from Shannon. They had no evidence for this statement but this is what is being told. That misinformation is being created...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (10 Oct 2024)

Seán Fleming: I will give some further information on the breakdown of the fund I recently referred to, but now I will address the issue specifically mentioned by the Deputy. We believe that up to 20,000 Ukrainian children have been forcibly removed to Russian detention camps or into forced adoptions in Russia. I am particularly interested in this area because on the second anniversary of the illegal...