Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I believe I have dealt with everything, more or less. The shift of focus in Ukraine is a concern in terms of a potential campaign of bombing energy installations over the winter period literally to freeze people to death.

Deputy Cowen spoke about a humanitarian corridor. I addressed that point earlier. We are constantly speaking to all of the authorities to see if we can get the Rafah crossing open. We are not alone in that. Other international actors are doing everything they can to getting Rafah open with a view to getting humanitarian aid in but also to getting our citizens out.

I believe Senator O’Reilly asked another question. Some 20,000 children have been identified by Ukraine as having been forcibly deported from their homes. We have been at the forefront of international efforts to ensure accountability for crimes committed. The deportation or forcible transfer of civilians, including children, may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity. We have raised this issue at multilateral forums, including the UN Human Rights Council. We co-sponsored a resolution to the Human Rights Council establishing an independent international commission of inquiry to investigate all alleged violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international and humanitarian law. We have welcomed the decision by the International Criminal Court, ICC, to issue arrest warrants for President Vladimir Putin and Ms Maria Lvova-Belova in respect of possible war crimes relating to the unlawful deportation and transfer of children from Ukraine to Russia. We made a voluntary contribution of €1 million to the office of the prosecutor of the ICC to assist in the investigation of all situations before the court.