Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

All I can say is there is a huge amount of work going on between the UN Secretary General and Turkey on this issue. That is key. The foundation of the problem is Russia doing what it is doing, including destroying ports. We need to keep reminding people of that. It requires a united response, which we have seen, by and large, in this House as to who is the real cause of all of this, including the price of butter and bread going up to extraordinary levels. We know the cause is the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its destruction and blockading of ports. We wish the government of Turkey well in its efforts, with the UN Secretary General, to open the ports and we hope we see results from that.

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