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

That has been very effective, insofar as the number of Ukrainian military and soldiers that have been trained and so on. Ireland has participated in a number of programmes. We provided training to about 455 members of the Ukrainian armed forces. These modules have been in tactical combat, casualty care, drill instruction training, demining and the use of mine flails. There are eight Irish civilian experts deployed to the Civilian EU Advisory Mission focused on security sector reform and the prosecution of international crimes.

The EU member states have agreed to about €10.6 billion in military assistance to Ukraine under the EPF. Ireland's commitment stands at about €250 million in non-lethal military assistance. From an Irish perspective, the biggest area there will be in demining and we are part of the Lithuanian coalition on demining because unfortunately, in wars such as this, we could be demining for 30 years.