Aisling Dolan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for giving his valuable time this morning. I welcome the acknowledgement of funding of over €1.2 billion in macro-financial assistance to Ukraine. Cyberdefence is also crucial because there is serious destabilisation taking place in Ukraine at the moment.

It is crucial that we realise that the sanctions have to be effective. They have to change the course of action. As the Minister said, it is about ensuring that we have peace in Ukraine and that we are all working towards that goal. However, in the face of this outright aggression, we have to ensure those sanctions have an immediate impact on the Russian economy and trade. This, along with the EU targeting of banks and so on, which the Minister mentioned, is probably how we will go forward. We are in the eye of the storm. I appreciate all the work the Minister is doing, both with EU foreign ministers and at the UN. I thank him.