Alleged weapons transit through Irish airspace
Deputy Cronin accused the Government of allowing Israel-bound cargo planes carrying munitions to use Irish airspace. The Minister repeatedly denied that aircraft with ammunition were landing here and said such activity was not approved or happening.
I could speak about a hundred different issues in my constituency of Kildare North today, but I cannot, and my constituents would not want me to, ignore the depravity we see on our screens every day. Last week Irish mothers felt compelled to comply slowly with gardaí outside the Dáil because they refuse to normalise the barbarity we see on our screens. Irish legislation requires air carriers to get an exemption from the Department of Transport to carry munitions across Irish airspace. Yet Israel-bound cargo planes, some lined with explosives, have used our airspace as a pit stop on the way to what the UN has called the "killing field" of Gaza. Why are we not searching these aeroplanes at Shannon? How can we expect Irish mammies to comply with the law when this Government is refusing to comply with and absolutely violating international law?
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To be very clear on this, there are no aircraft carriers landing here with any type of ammunition.
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It is not something that is allowed. It has never been approved.
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It is not happening. We need to be very careful about saying that this is an absolute fact.