I am very concerned about this departure, this loan of €90 billion and that we are going to be tied into it. There are important questions here. We are here at the behest of the people who elected us, to account for their welfare and ensure taxpayers' money is properly spent. We are accountable for it. I have not been told how much Ireland is committing. How much of the €90 billion are we borrowing? I did not see any speech written out by the Minister. It is hard to take it in as someone is talking but there was no written speech. I went down to look for a copy of the Minister's speech and there was none there. This is very vague. Like others have asked, will it implicate us in the war and interfere with our neutrality? We are only a small country on the edge of Europe. We are facing tough financial times. Every man, woman and child has been put to the pin of their collar trying to survive. The cost of living has become exorbitantly high. There are people on trolleys in our hospitals every day. Our infrastructure is in a terrible way. Many people are getting notices to quit. We do not have the water infrastructure in Kenmare to build 170 houses. There are over 40 settlements that do not have either treatment plants or proper treatment plants. We gave President Zelenskyy €125 million a couple of weeks ago. I need to know how much Ireland is committing to. Is it a quarter or a third of the €90 billion? It is a serious figure in any event, and we need to be told exactly what it is. We need both a proper debate and an understanding of what is involved. The first time I heard about this was yesterday. We know the Russians have done the people of Ukraine wrong, but we are neutral and cannot do anything about the Russians. We cannot detect them. There is an addendum here to the effect that they money will be taken out of Russia's funds when the war is over. There was a lot of talk by Ursula von der Leyen over the past number of weeks that she was going to take the money out of Russian funds now. This is the new notion - to get us involved in it. Why does Ms von der Leyen not take the money from those funds now if she is woman enough to do it? Why implicate us? I am very concerned about where this will lead and about how much we are involving ourselves. We need to know more. I have received many calls since we got notice this morning that this debate was going to take place. We need to be informed a lot more regarding the assurances involved. Will we get our money back? When will we get it back? Will there be interest paid on the loan? We did not cause the war. When we part with this money or sign our name to this loan, we will have no more to do with it. All we can do is hope that someone will give it back to us. I cannot see that happening. As the days go by and as we move into another spring, I am of the view that this war is going to continue. We may not ever get our money back. We need to debate this far more and we need to know what we are getting into.

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I will repeat the question I asked earlier. How much of the €90 billion are we committing to?

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There is no answer. How are we expected to vote for something like that?

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