Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Devlin for raising this. We have a small but active and very welcome Ukrainian community here in Ireland, many of whom are established here for some time. There is a moral obligation on us to assist them to have their relatives, especially those who are dependent on them, to come to Ireland. It is complicated because we have a very small embassy in Kyiv. It only opened in the last couple of years with only two people on the ground. They are currently in a safe location for their own safety. It is not as simple as it might be but I absolutely agree, as does the Government, with the principle of what the Deputy put forward, namely that Ukrainian citizens who are established here in Ireland should be assisted to get their relatives here safely.

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