Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is under the Council of Europe Presidency heading in the original opening statement. It is the third paragraph under that heading. The sentence begins, "We are also advancing reforms that I hope will ensure ...".

In recent weeks, the committee has been hearing specifically from Dóchas about the global food crisis. The World Food Programme has been touched on in that regard, it is not what I wish to focus on. I want to focus on UN Security Council Resolution 2417 regarding the intersectionality between armed conflict and conflict-induced food insecurity. Will the Minister give a brief overview of Ireland's position on this in regard to the impact that climate change is having on conflict? What became very clear from speaking with Dóchas was that there were no doubt challenges before the war in Ukraine, and they now face fundamental difficulties. As the Minister said, it is about taking food from the hungry to feed the starving. I can see this changing even more dramatically in a number of years because of the impact climate change will have and the impact of conflict.