165. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding reports of the use of Shannon Airport by US forces as a stopover point for extraordinary rendition; his views on whether the Chicago convention does not preclude States from unilaterally making transit or overflight dependent on the provision and verification of information which might relate to the practice of extraordinary rendition; if he will introduce a system of checks and investigations aimed at ensuring that there can be no aircraft passing through Shannon involved in the practice of extraordinary rendition, in line with the Chicago convention, which makes it clear that every State has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above it territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48040/12]

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165. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding reports of the use of Shannon Airport by US forces as a stopover point for extraordinary rendition; his views on whether the Chicago convention does not preclude States from unilaterally making transit or overflight dependent on the provision and verification of information which might relate to the practice of extraordinary rendition; if he will introduce a system of checks and investigations aimed at ensuring that there can be no aircraft passing through Shannon involved in the practice of extraordinary rendition, in line with the Chicago convention, which makes it clear that every State has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above it territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48040/12]

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