Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I make the point that Prime Minister Yatsenyuk came to the European Council meeting twice in Brussels and made the point that when Yanukovych left Kiev, having privatised the presidential household, it was not burned or looted by the people of Ukraine, that there is no evidence of people being beaten up, raped, robbed or tortured across the country. The Ukrainian population was very civilised, despite the difficulties they faced.

It is not right for the Deputy to come in here and say that Ireland is the most gung-ho of all the European countries and that it sees this as a black and white issue. What we contributed to was a debate, where we were prepared as a member of the European Union to sign the political elements of the agreement with Ukraine so that the people operating in Ukraine could export at lower tariffs to the European Union and thereby create some semblance of economic activity and give some hope to the people.

The Deputy mentioned the United States and Europe in terms of banking and all the rest.

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