Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are very concerned. What is going on in Sudan is shocking. It is a further illustration of how proxy wars are taking place across the world and malign influences are resulting in wars of this kind, which cause immense suffering for people. The people of Sudan are suffering hugely. The situation in Sudan has not received the attention it should because of everything else happening in the world, in Ukraine and the Middle East, for example.

We have provided aid and support. At the meeting on Monday of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, we had a discussion with the Arab states in respect of Sudan, particularly with Egypt, which gave us a good readout of what is happening there. Efforts are still being made within the African Union to try to bring this to a conclusion but there are no signs yet of any cessation or ceasefire. The prospect of potential regional escalation is very real. That relates to our migration debates. As long as there are wars and conflicts of this kind and jihadism arriving on the scene in other countries, in the Sahel and other areas, there will be people who want to save their families and get out of these horrible situations.

See this speech in context