In his powerful address to the House this morning, President Zelenskyy made clear that there is more Ireland can do to support Ukraine, and that our leadership does matter. We know that we can expel the Russian ambassador from Ireland. I ask the Taoiseach again to do so. We also know that all Russian banks should be excluded from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, SWIFT, and an embargo should be placed on Russian oil and gas. The Ukrainian ambassador, Ms Larysa Gerasko, also highlighted actions we can take. In particular, I ask the Taoiseach to ensure that all Irish ports are closed to Russian vessels and goods in light of reports that there is a Russian-registered vessel at one of our ports this week.

I also wish to ask whether the Government is going to act to ensure that existing sanctions cannot be sidestepped. In response to a question from my colleague, Deputy Nash, last week, the Governor of the Central Bank confirmed there are 15 to 16 out of 33 Russian-linked section 110 special purpose vehicles, SPVs, in total in the International Financial Services Centre, IFSC, connected to persons against whom sanctions been levelled. Can we legislate to ensure that this practice is stopped?

We are doing everything we possibly can to make sure that the sanctions have effect and that assets that are meant to be are frozen. That is happening in terms of the sanctions we have already introduced. President Zelenskyy was very clear in stating that more needing to be done, certainly in the context of sanctions. The big debate has been on oil, gas and coal. We in Ireland have been very strongly of the view that the sanctions should include oil and coal. We believe there is a need for engagement with those countries that are very dependent on the gas front. It is easier for us to call for that, to be fair, than perhaps some of the countries that would be extraordinarily impacted by a sudden ban on that. It does, however, create a moral dilemma to the effect that the revenues from those fuels are going into Putin's war machine.

We must also take into account the European Union membership application submitted by Ukraine. In the context of diplomatic sanctions, we have taken significant measures already. We hold no-----

I thank the Taoiseach; we are over time. I beg your pardon.

Can the Taoiseach please be allowed to respond?

No, we are moving on. I am sorry. We are over time. I call Deputy Cian O'Callaghan.