Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)

I appreciate Deputy Smith's warm words towards the Passport Office service. I know he laments no longer representing it in the wider Dublin Fingal but they miss him as much as he misses them.

The Deputy asked about the Danish model and Ukraine. It is similar but different. Because of our policy of military neutrality, we do not provide funding for any lethal military equipment. We have an extremely robust governance and accountability arrangement, including relevant oversight, and these are central to our agreements. As I mentioned, we do partner with countries like Denmark to procure the equipment and the technologies, as best as possible, for the Ukrainian defence industry. It is absolutely a cast-iron guarantee that it is not spent in any lethal manner at all.