Given that planes laden with weapons of war destined for Netanyahu's war criminals fly through Irish airspace daily to continue the slaughter of the innocents in Palestine, are the Defence Acts and the Transport Act robust enough to stop that crime? Why have they not been acted on given that an international crime is being committed? When will the Taoiseach instruct the authorities to act or do we need new laws to be passed to stop the Zionist munitions being transported across Irish airspace to be used against Palestinian civilians or even against UN peacekeepers, including Irish soldiers in Lebanon?

I thank Deputy Ó Snodaigh for raising this really important matter. As he rightly said, it is expressly prohibited for civil aircraft to carry munitions of war in Irish sovereign territory without being granted an exemption to do so by the Minister for Transport. Of course, no such exemptions have been granted but there have been many reports of this now happening. It is a very serious issue. The Minister for Transport has his officials engaging with the air operators concerned. The Minister has also agreed to have a debate in this House on these matters.