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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: To return to my main point, war crimes are being committed and the security architecture has changed because of Putin's actions. I listened to what the Tánaiste said; he referenced Irish military neutrality. Equally, however, the global system of a rules-based, multilateral order has been turned upside down by Vladimir Putin, and that has implications. One issue I observe is the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy needs to get real about people on the borders of Russia-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----what they are facing and the fears and anxieties they experience.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: Poland has accepted more than 100,000 migrants from Ukraine.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: I think I have dealt with the issues raised by Deputy Boyd Barrett. To respond to Deputy Barry, I accept, that war crimes are being committed as we speak. All those within Moscow protesting against the Russian aggression should be freed. The persecution that is continuing against anyone who protests in Russia against Government policy is absolutely scandalous. I support the Deputy...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: Ireland needs to work with other European countries in terms of collectively responding to cybersecurity attacks that have the capacity to paralyse nations. Last evening, I read some reports coming back to us from our missions in Germany. There is significant alarm and anxiety - this was in advance of the war - about potential cyberattacks on German infrastructure. We had it last year in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: In response to Deputy McDonald, there is an increased Garda presence in the area of the north-east inner city, strong support for the pilot north inner city local community safety partnership, an educational bursary for local gardaí, a community agency to enhance skills and, as she will be aware, the completion of the refurbishment of Fitzgibbon Garda Station. There is much more in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: Never has the European Union been more united and ensured a more speedier response-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----with great determination to apply unprecedented levels of sanctions in the areas of finance and banking that no one comprehended a week ago. We do not need permission to do anything, other than what we said to the House. In the interests of Irish citizens in Russia or Ukraine, we believe keeping channels open matters in terms of helping those who could be in jeopardy. It also helps in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: That is why we have to proceed carefully in relation to that matter. In response to Deputy Barry, obviously, we neither support nor have any evidence of the application of any racist approach to facilitating migration into Poland.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: What we have evidence of is 100,000 people so far have been facilitated by the Polish authorities in coming into Poland. That is important.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: In terms of Deputy Devlin's point of view, I support Ukraine's application to be a member of the European Union. There is a process there but, I believe, it should be a candidate country. I am consistently of the view that the European perspective represents perhaps the most strategic approach that the European Union can take, not only in the eastern neighbourhood but in the Western Balkans...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: Is dochreidte an méid atá ag tarlú san Úcráin. Is uafásach an scéal é gan amhras. Is ionsaí mídhleathach gan réasún atá faoi chaibidil ag an Rúis. Is olc an scéal ar fad é agus tá muintir na tíre seo go hiomlán i gcoinne an ionsaithe seo. We are less than a week into this horrific war against...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: If I could, it is very important that I make this point genuinely in the face of the war that we are facing on our Continent. The European Union, working together as a unified body with the United States and Canada, packs a powerful punch. We have seen that in terms of the sanctions that have been agreed. We were very clear at the EU Council meeting - we wanted the widest set of sanctions....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: I do not overestimate the diplomatic leverage the Deputy has just alluded to in terms of the expulsion of any diplomat. We have expelled diplomats in the past. The Deputy did not find favour with that in the past, as she knows. She took the view that it was contrary to military neutrality at the time, in the teeth of Russian aggression. I readily acknowledge that when that happens there...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: I hold very little time for the Russian ambassador and his performance to date in his presentations and what he has articulated on public television-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----or for the Russian leadership. I have made that very clear in this House. I understand fully people's anger towards Russia, the leadership and the Russian ambassador. My primary concern is with Irish citizens and vulnerable Irish citizens. Earlier, Deputy McDonald made the point about diplomacy and so forth. A Chargé d'Affaires located here or somewhere else will not do a whole...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: There have not been differences between us and the European Union on funding. I make that point clearly. We are part of the European peace facility, which was originally established to deal, in particular, with the African continent and to support military infrastructure in Africa. We have facilitated the application and deployment-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----of the peace facility with regard to Ukraine. In other words, we have facilitated the provision of weapons and security infrastructure by European Union member states to Ukraine.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: This should not be an issue of division.