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

I appreciate that from Deputy Haughey. This should be a delight for the committee because usually I just hog this space. I am not good at being brief, as we all know. The ambassador has laid out a considerable number of priorities, and some of them are obvious, such as renewables. He made the point that you have to expect the unexpected because nobody could have guessed any headline we have had in recent years.

I agree with what Senator Chambers said about migration being an issue that needs to be dealt with across Europe. We need to find better modalities of dealing with people who are fleeing the war in Ukraine and who are seeking international protection. We must also facilitate the people who every economy requires to work in jobs and positions that we cannot fill. Some of that is for another day and a wider discussion.

Since the Ukrainian crisis and the Russian invasion there has been a change in Sweden and Finland’s neutrality. Would Ambassador Rydén mind going into the changing nature of the views of the Swedish people? NATO is not necessarily a place I would like to see Ireland go, although Sweden makes its own determinations. Sweden has felt some flak from Turkey at times. I ask the ambassador to comment on that, not that I would necessarily be buying some of President Erdoan's claims.