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

I appreciate it is short notice and that it is not best practice. There was an incorporeal Cabinet meeting this morning to sign off on the motion. There was an attempt, I understand, at the Business Committee to agree an all-party motion. That was not possible because some members wanted to include language that was not in our view fully supportive of Ukraine. This matter was discussed at Cabinet and there not being the possibility of agreeing an all-party motion because of the views of certain members, which they are entitled to hold, the Government decided to put down its own motion. It is very short. It can be read in a minute or two and there will be plenty of time for Members to do that before we have the discussion later on today. The Government is free to put down its own motions.

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