Flight operations at Dublin Airport were suspended this morning for a short period because of a drone sighting. Members were assured in the House by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, who probably does not know a lot about transport, that this would not happen. The Taoiseach also has assured us that this would not happen. This was in response to queries by my colleague, Deputy Troy, and to Deputy Lawless, who has tabled legislation on the matters but it did happen, albeit temporarily. What action has the Government taken to protect our transport services and our airport services from this new scourge of drone activity?

I confirm, as I am sure the Deputy has already had it confirmed to him, that flights have resumed at Dublin Airport. There was a temporary suspension of flights due to reports of the sighting of a drone. This is an issue which has been raised with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport who has given a commitment to look into the issue and ensure an appropriate response is put in place.

Where is he?

There are some very sophisticated airports in some very well-resourced countries which have not been able to deal easily with this issue.

He told us it would not happen.

We saw that most recently in the USA and UK. We should not pretend that Ireland is immune to challenges which are difficult to deal with from a technical perspective. We will, of course, learn from the lessons of others, in particular from our closest neighbour, to ensure we put measures in place which are as effective as possible.