Following the discovery by airport cleaning staff of a handcuffed and manacled prisoner being transported through Ireland's Shannon Airport, it has emerged that the Irish Government has no proper arrangements or protocols in place over such practices. It has further emerged that on the occasion in question US authorities transported a US marine prisoner on a chartered civilian aircraft through Shannon Airport without permission from the Irish authorities, who were unaware of the incident until notified the following day by the US Embassy. Is the Council satisfied that adequate measures are in place to ensure conformity with EU and international law governing the rights of prisoners in the custody of the US military who are brought to EU airports?