197. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of US troops transiting through Shannon Airport in each of the first nine months of 2026; and the corresponding total for the first nine months of 2025. [75278/26]
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70 questions from 23 TDs, between 25 March 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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249. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence the number of airspace incursions by military aircraft of foreign states detected in Irish-controlled airspace since 2022. [74295/26]
233. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence the total cost to the State of the four Pilatus PC-12 aircraft; the list purchase price; a breakdown of the additional expenditure on upgrades, specialist equipment and spares that brought the total cost to the reported figure of almost €50 million; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60462/26]
350. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 709 of 13 January 2026, when this report will be published; the reason for the delay; if he plans to publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54897/26]
351. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 709 of 13 January 2026, to provide a detailed breakdown of the documentation that required scrutiny, in tabular form; the progress made examining and scrutinising the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54898/26]
529. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport whether a date has been set for the publication of his Department's report into the alleged illegal carriage of munitions of war through Irish sovereign airspace; if no date has been set, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57709/26]
530. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport whether he is aware of reports that a flight (details supplied) illegally transported military aircraft parts, including F-35 components, through Irish sovereign airspace on 7 July 2026, destined for the Israeli Defence Forces at Nevatim airbase; if his Department intends to contact the airline; the action, if any, he proposes to take; and if he will make a sta…
141. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Defence for an update on her Department’s securing of a medium lift helicopter, in terms of being able to monitor our seas at speed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54266/26]
30. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has been consulted or engaged with regard to the development of civilian or commercial drone policies. [46114/26]
373. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence whether any review, assessment or consideration has been undertaken regarding the governance, accountability, transparency or civil-liberties implications of military-operated aircraft supporting domestic policing functions; whether the Government has considered commissioning an independent review of the Service Level Agreement governing Garda Air Support Unit op…
374. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence whether any legal, policy or constitutional assessment undertaken in connection with the acquisition and introduction of the Airbus H145M helicopters specifically examined issues relating to military neutrality, constitutional obligations, international humanitarian law, rules governing the deployment of armed capabilities, or the operational use of the aircraft …
40. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the under-reporting of almost 250 more US military aircraft flights over Ireland, which went unreported due to an ‘administrative error’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38385/26]
53. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his attention or the attention of his officials has been drawn to the problem of demand for jet fuel from military activity straining supplies of jet fuel stocks for civilian aviation. [33334/26]
192. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she is aware of US military aircraft landing in Shannon Airport; if she is aware of any of the US military aircraft that has landed at Shannon airport that engaged in the war on Iran; if the Taoiseach had any knowledge of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31135/26]
196. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the assessment being carried out in relation to the manifests of the non-reported US military flights over Ireland (details supplied); if this has been or can be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29636/26]
226. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the administrative error that led to the non-reporting of US military flights over Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29632/26]
227. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the mechanisms being put in place to ensure that the administrative error that led to the non-reporting of US military flights over Ireland (details supplied) will not happen again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29633/26]
228. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the administrative error that led to the non-reporting of US military flights over Ireland (details supplied) came to light; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29634/26]
229. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the assessment being carried out in relation to the cargo of the non-reported US military flights over Ireland (details supplied); if this has been or can be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29635/26]
233. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how 248 overflights of Ireland's airspace by US military aircraft went unreported; if she can stand over her comment that there is "no reason to believe" US aircraft involved in the Iran war are overflying Ireland, when she did not know the full numbers of flights involved, much less the contents and destinations of them; and if she will ma…
241. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to commit to closing airspace to US aircrafts involved in the conflict in the Middle East. [30301/26]
133. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will end the use of Shannon Airport by US military aircraft in light of its illegal war of aggression against Iran; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21343/26]
43. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if inspections of US military planes and planes under the command of the US military have taken place in Shannon Airport this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19604/26]
44. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will consider not granting authorisation for future stopovers of US military planes and planes under the command of the US military in Shannon Airport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19606/26]
219. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of exemptions for foreign military aircraft to pass through Ireland that were refused in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14455/26]