Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the news that the Taoiseach will be meeting Ukraine's President Zelenskyy today. It is very important that we reaffirm our solidarity with Ukraine, particularly at a time when US President Trump is intent on tearing up the international rules-based order with his appalling positions on Ukraine and Gaza. Recently, President Trump announced that he is intent on imposing a 25% tariff on goods imported from the EU. In the spirit of mutual co-operation and engagement, I ask that the Tánaiste, as Minister for Foreign Affairs, brief Opposition leaders on the risk assessment for Ireland and for jobs here of this proposal to impose these outrageous tariffs.

I was very disappointed to hear of the Tánaiste's flat refusal or denial of any intent to meet Opposition leaders on the issues around Standing Order reform. All five of the Opposition leaders reached out to him and the Taoiseach yesterday to seek a meeting in order that we can bring calm heads to bear on resolving the issue in a measured way.

I am disappointed to hear the Tánaiste say he will not meet us and I hope he will rethink this.

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