Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine: Discussion

Photo of Gary GannonGary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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I thank our guests for their presentation, which was sobering and terrifying. What is the vaccination status of the refugees who are congregating? Such a large number of people congregating will, inevitably, create significant risks. I am about to make a statement in the Dáil regarding the upcoming European Council meeting. Is there anything we can push in that regard?

Global food supply is a disaster that is no longer around the corner but is on top of us, and it is just that we have not yet seen the images. What can we do in that regard, both domestically and from a European Union perspective?