Air Services

25. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence whether the Government considers the passenger capacity of 14 persons on the Dassault Falcon 6X to be operationally appropriate for the stated defence and security purposes for which the aircraft was procured; whether a needs assessment was conducted that identified a requirement for an aircraft of this specific passenger configuration; whether…

26. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence to outline in full the operational requirements criteria that were established prior to the procurement of the Dassault Falcon 6X; who authored these criteria; whether the criteria were drafted by uniformed Defence Forces personnel, civilian Department staff, or external consultants; whether the criteria were reviewed and approved by the Chief …

27. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence whether the primary operational role of the Dassault Falcon 6X is ministerial and government transport, VIP transport, Defence Forces operational transport, maritime patrol, or a combination thereof; what proportion of projected annual flight hours are allocated to each role; whether a dedicated ministerial or government transport aircraft of t…

28. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence to explain to the Dáil the operational defence justification for the procurement of an aircraft with a 14-person passenger capacity at a time when the Naval Service cannot fully crew its existing fleet, reservists are reportedly purchasing their own equipment, and the Department's own National Maritime Security Strategy 2026-2030 acknowledges c…

29. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence whether the operational requirements criteria that led to the procurement of the Dassault Falcon 6X have been published or are available under Freedom of Information; whether any alternative aircraft types were assessed against these criteria and if so, which types were considered and the reasons they were rejected; and if she will make a state…

30. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence whether the 14-person passenger capacity of the Dassault Falcon 6X represents a reduction, increase, or equivalence relative to the passenger capacity of the aircraft it replaces or supplements in the Air Corps fleet; whether this capacity was identified as a specific operational requirement by the Defence Forces Chief of Staff; whether any sce…

209. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the passenger manifests for an aircraft for all of the times it landed in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17466/26]

281. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the number of drones currently allowed to operate drone delivery services in the State. [16245/26]

282. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport whether he approves licences for drone delivery services. [16247/26]

283. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the regulations that exist for drone delivery services. [16249/26]

284. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the number of complaints received about drone delivery services in 2025. [16251/26]

293. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding his engagement with Donegal cancer flights in relation to the proposed alteration to the PSO contract regarding flights provided for between Donegal and Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16430/26]

294. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the proposed alteration to the PSO contract between Donegal and Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16431/26]

295. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the actions he will take to ensure that people that rely on the flights provided for under the PSO contract between Donegal and Dublin (details supplied) are not left without this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16432/26]

332. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the specific number of qualified controllers that will be working at Dublin, Cork, and Shannon this summer; if this is sufficient for both current traffic and any expected increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17067/26]

333. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport given that Ireland does not have sufficient air traffic control resources to manage an increase in flights safely his views on whether lifting the passenger CAP would cause chaos; the steps he has taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17068/26]

145. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the action he has taken regarding the changing of the PSO contract for flights between Donegal and Dublin which has resulted in a drastic reduction in the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15516/26]

191. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the number of times a plane (details supplied) landed in Ireland; and if the State has a record of passenger manifests from these arrivals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15201/26]

287. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if a company (details supplied) has provided formal written assurances to his Department that existing levels of staffing can safely accommodate increased air traffic without requiring people to work discretionary overtime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14058/26]

354. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport if he will intervene to ensure there is a midday flight from Donegal to Dublin, which many patients in receipt of cancer care and other forms of inpatient and outpatient require; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15191/26]

226. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport to clarify if Shannon Airport is being used as a stopover point for flights chartered by the US’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency; if the Minister can provide the number of such flights that have used Shannon Airport in the last 12 months and the dates for same; if the Minister can clarify whether these flights were insp…

229. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 12 February 2026, to clarify the definition applied by his Department to the terms “unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs)” and “unidentified flying objects (UFOs)” as referenced in his reply; the way such observations are classified within Ireland’s occurrence reporting framework under Regulatio…

277. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport the current escalation pathway for when flights crews note non-cooperative aerial observations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11366/26]

279. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the assessment that has been made on the impact of the withdrawal of the midday Dublin-Donegal flight, in particular for cancer patients; and when significant investment in transport infrastructure to connect Donegal to other major cities such as Dublin and Galway will be made. [11563/26]

379. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a case of an elderly passenger (details supplied) who was medically unfit to travel, notified Aer Lingus in advance, and provided hospital admission documentation, yet has not received a response or determination in respect of a refund request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10199/26]