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.
Francis Noel Duffy (Dublin South West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
I thank the ambassadors for coming in. I will point to Moldova's role with the refugees. It is quite heartwarming to see what it is doing in that regard. I congratulate both countries on their bravery in their David versus Goliath scenarios. We all know the experience, having ourselves been in that situation as a country.
My question comes back a little bit to Deputy Ó Murchú, who noted the difficulty with respect to the EU membership. I find that personally as a politician, it is difficult to advocate for something if I do not know exactly what I am advocating for. If the ambassadors were to perhaps come back to us on a future date and go through the difficulties and where the hurdles are, that would help us then go forward and push that agenda on whatever difficulties we can help with.
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