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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Recent Developments in the EU on Security and Defence: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union, COSAC, meetings. There has been a very definite shift in emphasis towards security and defence issues. There is no doubt that Ukraine has changed everything. I fully accept that. It is important that we support Ukraine for as long as it takes. I will opt for that option. I did not realise there was a difference...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (14 May 2024)

Seán Haughey: This was the Taoiseach's first European Council meeting. As we have heard, there were several items on the agenda, including the Middle East and Ukraine. On Israel's war on Gaza, the European Council finally agreed, for the first time, to call for an immediate ceasefire, thus discarding the previous and wholly inadequate call for a humanitarian pause. It was also able to agree on the need...

Europe Day: Statements (8 May 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...is an increase in the number who say that the EU is moving in the wrong direction, we remain a very pro-European country. What are the challenges facing the EU? The brutal and unlawful invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2020 is at the top of the list. War has returned to the Continent of Europe. This was a dramatic wake-up call for us regarding the threat posed by Vladimir Putin to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: 20th Anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement: Mr. Bertie Ahern (8 May 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...it were? The second question, and I have no doubt other members will take this up as well, is on the future enlargement of the EU. We are talking about the countries from the western Balkans, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. Ireland, as Mr. Ahern knows, supports in principle the enlargement of the EU, as does Mr Ahern, as we have just heard. Does he envisage any problems? We will be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Haughey: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent conference on Ukraine in Paris. [14153/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Haughey: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent discussions with the President of Ukraine. [16771/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Haughey: I was interested to hear the details of the Taoiseach's phone conversation with President Zelenskyy and with the Prime Minister of Ukraine, as he has outlined. As we know, the Russian offensive is continuing and Ukraine is under pressure. The EU is providing financial, humanitarian, emergency, budgetary and military support to Ukraine. Ireland is also giving bilateral support through...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...eyebrows but it was right for Ireland to be part of the debate on European foreign and security policy issues at this dangerous time. I refer in particular to the illegal invasion by Russia of Ukraine, the terrible events taking place in Gaza and the escalating tensions in the wider Middle East. Ireland can play a positive role in this foreign and security policy debate. It is clear...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...immediate issue is to get a humanitarian ceasefire in place and get much-needed aid into Gaza. I hope EU leaders at their forthcoming summit can agree on that much at least. Sadly, the situation in Ukraine is as protracted as ever. The EU has provided approximately €88 billion in financial, humanitarian, emergency, budgetary and military support to Ukraine to date. Ireland has...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (7 Mar 2024)

Seán Haughey: 21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how Ireland will continue to support Ukraine following the brutal invasion by Russia two years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10891/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...question is for Dr. Culloty. On foreign information manipulation and interference, we talk about Russia and China and their influence in the Balkan states and across Europe, in particular, in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. We have had witnesses before the committee who have spoken about that. What is Dr. Culloty's view of that? Is it a very serious issue? Is it rampant, for want of a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Haughey: I am sure the Taoiseach and the other EU heads of state and government were delighted when Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbán held up the €50 billion plan for Ukraine at the European Council meeting in December and made them all return for a special meeting in February. It is great that this four-year package, the so-called Ukraine facility, has finally been agreed. As the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Haughey: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent special meeting of the European Council on Ukraine. [7795/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...Many witnesses in this committee spoke about foreign interference and malign actors, especially in respect of Russia. I am thinking of representatives from the western Balkans, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and so forth. It is a really big issue and it relates to the question of disinformation. Did Mr. O'Leary say earlier in his presentation that there is no evidence of foreign interference...

Second Anniversary of War in Ukraine: Statements (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Haughey: The brutal invasion of Ukraine by Russia two years ago was unprovoked, unlawful and unjustifiable. Thousands of civilians have been killed and critical infrastructure has been destroyed on a massive scale. It is clear that Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine and it must be held accountable through the international courts, specifically the International Criminal Court, the European...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...Joint Committee on European Union Affairs, we were informed that security and defence were becoming matters of increasing concern in Brussels. This first emerged following the Russian invasion of Ukraine two years ago and has been added to by Donald Trump's recent remarks about NATO and the defence of Europe. I commend the Taoiseach on defending Ireland's traditional policy of military...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...DUP. As for farmer protests, it is an issue we picked up from speaking to several people in Brussels. As the Minister of State knows there are a lot of protests across Europe; namely Poland blocking imports of grain from Ukraine, French and German farmers opposed to the cessation of tax breaks on diesel, Spanish farmers no longer being allowed to use river water to irrigate their...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jan 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...trade links open. Is it the case that Ireland supports this move but will not be taking part in the mission? Any clarification the Minister of State could give in this regard would be appreciated. On Ukraine, Russia's aggression is relentless and civilian casualties are the consequence. Unfortunately, the counteroffensive by Ukraine has stalled and the war is as protracted as ever....

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (24 Jan 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, continues to be the bold child of Europe. It is to be welcomed that he left the room when the decision was about to be taken on opening accession talks with Ukraine and we should be thankful he did not veto this decision. There has been some criticism of the Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, for unblocking the payment of funds to Hungary on...