Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

A number of Members have tabled questions so there will be different supplementary questions and, hopefully, the Tánaiste will cover them all. It is interesting how we are so active in support of the unelected, so-called president of Venezuela yet we let so many other humanitarian crises continue across the world, such as in Libya, Iraq, Yemen and South Sudan. They are endless, but we are very active on this one. I wonder if the deal for us will be to provide dairy or something else in Venezuela when its government is overthrown by us and the European Union. The Tánaiste mentioned that the EU delegation went to Caracas to discuss how to help in Venezuela. To whom did they talk? Did they talk to the Venezuelan Government to see how they could help?

He also referred to aid in this crisis. The crisis did not start when this man became the Americans' puppet in Venezuela. It was ongoing for many years before that. There were American sanctions in place on Venezuela for many years but I did not hear the Tánaiste or anyone in Europe speak out on the difficulties they were causing for the Venezuelan people. Perhaps he will comment on that as well.

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