Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank our guests for attending. H.E. Ms Miculet spoke about 340,000 refugees coming to a country of about 2.6 million people, and that is phenomenal. Might there be more detail for the committee following the meeting in order that we can facilitate matters in any way? She outlined two priority needs, namely, the necessity to relocate people, which will involve chartered flights and other resources, and straight-up financial support, whether via the State, NGOs or whatever else. We will need detail in that regard. Both ambassadors spoke about the Copenhagen criteria, and H.E. Mr. Zurabashvili might give us a bit more detail on the human resources, the expertise and the experience Georgia needs. It is a fair ask from anybody. What is the roadmap and where can the EU and its member states facilitate Georgia on that journey? Both ambassadors detailed specific difficulties that do not necessarily exist at this point in this more western part of Europe.

Some questions, regarding the fear of an imminent attack on both of our guests' countries, have been asked, and time will tell what Putin wants long term. We are all guessing at this point. Outside of physical attacks and the specific issues our guests have, there is the threat of hybrid or cyber attacks. Will they comment on that?

Finally, how worried are our guests in regard to food security and energy security on the basis of both the sanctions and the impact of the attack on Ukraine?