Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I will put the same questions to the Minister of State. On the appointments, three people were decided on. Was the issue put directly to Ursula von der Leyen at the Council of how abhorrent we found her statements and her presence in Israel in the immediate aftermath? Was that put to her? Was any justification given for the Government to give its support to her nomination as President of the Commission? My second question on appointments relates to the new High Representative, Kaja Kallas. I raised the issue of the focus on Russia and the east because she was a Baltic prime minister. Was there an understanding that there will be a much broader look? My third question is about the capacity of the European Union to better dispose of the immobilised assets that the European Union has from Russia to ensure the reconstruction of Ukraine. What exactly is the state of play with regard to that?

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