Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. I also welcome the forthcoming summit, which is important. Whether anything meaningful will arise from it is yet to be seen but all possible efforts must be made. I ask the Tánaiste to elaborate on Ireland's position on the use of seized Russian assets for the benefit of Ukraine. Does he believe that those assets should be sold or should interest from those assets be used? Certainly, we know there is a huge amount of money involved.

I also ask the Tánaiste for his views on the effectiveness or otherwise of the sanctions to date. I am interested in some European banks which are doing particularly well in Russia at the moment and whose profits there have soared since 2022. Perhaps the Tánaiste could raise that with his European counterparts if given the opportunity in the future.

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