Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 November 2023

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Section 19 deals with the call on the Exchequer, which is why I wanted to raise these in this context. I may table amendments on Report Stage. As the Minister of State knows, we are very supportive of the legislation and particularly EU support for Ukraine. In that context, as we know, support may be required directly from either the European Union or the bodies in which we have shareholdings that may fall to Irish taxpayers sometime in the future. That is a risk worthy of taking given where that country is at the minute. Given that the taxpayers are potentially on the hook for a large amount of money, is the Minister of State concerned about issues of corruption in Ukraine?

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