Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would like an update on what the Taoiseach spoke about as regards Türkiye and Cyprus and what sorts of engagements we are talking about as regards possibly bringing something that has been obviously an absolute imposition on the Cypriot people but has not moved for a considerable time.

I brought up the fact the Tánaiste has said he is looking for a consensus among like-minded states on actions as regards Palestine and holding Israel to account. Obviously, we would all like to see that but I would like to see what engagement there has been from the point of view of delivering that solution. If that does not happen, we might have to do the right thing and go it alone from the point of view of, as I said, calling this out for what it is and standing properly by the Palestinian people.

What engagement has there been on the western Balkans, specifically the particular issues arising in Kosovo, Bosnia and the Republika Srpska at the moment, as we try to offer to those people a route map or roadway to accession to the European Union?

The Taoiseach spoke about structural reforms and productivity. Like everything else, they are encompassed in the green and digital transformation. How do we deliver that necessary strategic autonomy without making Europe into what many previously tried to make it into, namely, an almost protectionist empire, which would not benefit other parts of the world that need to develop and alongside which we need to work?

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