I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his discretion. I acknowledge the Tánaiste's leadership on the issue of Ukraine as Taoiseach and now as Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs. As he knows, Saturday will mark two years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. What more can Ireland do? There has been an excellent political, humanitarian, practical and diplomatic response. What more can we do at this stage? It is at a critical juncture. Ukraine needs more support, militarily, in particular. We are tied, to a degree, in what we can do in that regard but our voice can be heard and we are influential around the world. I ask the Tánaiste to use his voice in whatever way he can to continue to support Ukraine. I acknowledge the work of the Ceann Comhairle in the address by President Zelenskyy to the Houses almost two years ago. It would be opportune for a follow-up invitation to President Zelenskyy, should he wish to take it up, to address the Houses again. We cannot allow the Ukraine issue to slip off the international agenda or our agenda. The Tánaiste has kept it high on the agenda and has been doing excellent work. We need to keep this issue on the agenda.

I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. It is commendable that he has done so. We are at a difficult period in the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the war on Ukraine. It is a good idea. I defer to the Ceann Comhairle but I heard President Zelenskyy last Saturday at the Munich Security Conference. He was appreciative of the supports he has gotten across Europe and elsewhere but spelled out to us, as did foreign minister Kuleba at the Foreign Affairs Council, the huge challenges facing Ukraine. There is an offensive on five fronts by Russia. On the number of people that Russia is putting into the war, it is estimated that for every one Ukrainian killed, seven Russian soldiers are killed. Avdiivka was savage in terms of the number of young people who lost their lives. This is a terrible war. We all get war-weary and tend to take our eye off it and wonder if the war will ever end. We took in many Ukrainians which will stand to us in the fullness of time. I understand people are under pressure as a result of that but we did it at the time because we saw the scenes in train stations with people getting on the trains and saying goodbye to their loved ones. My worry is that after the fall of Avdiivka, Ukraine is short of weapons to defend itself. There could be a worsening of the situation in the short term in terms of the fortunes of Ukraine. We have to do everything we possibly can. At EU level, Ireland has pushed hard for the passage of the fifth EPF package, which has been held up. We hope it will be cleared by early March. We facilitated a €50 million macroeconomic support. Accession to the European Union is the other key agenda item which we are pushing strongly.