We are out of time but I will take a 30-second question from each of the two remaining Deputies.

Pension parity for retired members of An Garda Síochána exists and sees pension increases being paid in line with increases awarded to serving colleagues. Parity will expire with the current agreement at the end of the year. It has been in place since the sixties. Retired gardaí are not directly represented and rely on the Garda staff associations and the Alliance of Retired Public Servants to articulate their concerns at the talks. Will the Taoiseach ensure that pay parity for retired gardaí is maintained within the public sector pay agreement?

I wrote to the Minister for Transport on Wednesday, 8 November, asking for members of the Opposition to be briefed on the detail of the exemptions being granted under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order. Over two weeks later, having not received even an acknowledgment from the Minister, I put down a parliamentary question to see if it would get him moving on this urgent manner. The question was answered on 22 November but the response did not answer the question, only promising an answer within ten days. That deadline has now passed too. It has now been four weeks and the Minister cannot answer a simple question as to whether he will brief Members on the flow of weapons through our territory. It is apparent that no inspections are being carried out. As we watch Israel raze Gaza to the ground and indiscriminately murder civilians and journalists using US-sponsored weapons, it is pathetic that the Minister cannot see fit to brief Members. Does the Taoiseach believe this is good enough?

On Deputy Conway-Walsh's question on Garda pensions, talks are under way between Government and the public sector unions with a view to achieving a new public sector pay and pensions agreement. I do not want to comment on those talks, for obvious reasons, but they are under way and I will certainly make the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, aware of the particular issue the Deputy has raised.

On Deputy Pringle's question, I will follow up on the matter. It is important that he gets a reply. He is a Member of this House and should get a reply in a timely manner, as should all other Members. I will ask my office to follow up on that. I will again state that there are no flights from Shannon to Israel or the occupied territories and that we are not aware of any weapons passing through Shannon.