Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine.

Photo of Francis Noel DuffyFrancis Noel Duffy (Dublin South West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the ambassador. I admire the ambassador's strength and that of her people. It is amazing to see their resolve and their steadfast position. I will not cover what has been said. I have a small question. It is in the context of us, as individual public representatives, and the social media presence we have. How can we reach out to the Russian people and people in other sovereign states to appeal to them to bring this war to an end or at least help them hear and highlight what is happening? Which channels should we use to direct and target our position to those who might take notice and listen, and who may push from within as they are coming from the other side? I have been watching Twitter feeds and looking at videos of what is going on but I am not quite sure what to push back out. Who can I channel it back at, if I am pushing it out? Other people might get behind that, and the same with all of us. Are there channels that can be spoken to through the social media space to talk to other people?

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