Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the ambassador. I have listened to these statements for the past two hours. They leave me with many questions. Do we know what the view on the ground is in Luhansk and Donetsk? How do we know it if we do not have diplomats there? Maybe we have diplomats there. Maybe we have a tiny embassy in Kyiv. Are we getting information from the ground from other EU states? If so, which states? Are we taking information from the media? If so, what media? Are the media there? I do not see them there. What is the difference between the Duma's recognition of those regions and our recognition of Kosovo, which Russia opposed at the time? Do we know what the impact of the proposed sanctions will be on the leadership of Russia, ordinary people in Russia and ordinary people in this State? Can we fuel industries and heat homes with self-righteousness? I see the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications here. A great project has been proposed in Clare. It is not unique. It is to extract methane from slurry. Are there any plans to capture methane in this House and do something productive with the statements we have heard over the past two weeks?

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