Joint statement by the Ceann Comhairle and the Cathaoirleach of the Seanad on the dissolving of The Houses of the Oireachtas Irish-Russian Parliamentary Friendship Group

Convener of the Oireachtas Irish-Russian Parliamentary Friendship Group, Fergus O’Dowd TD, has said ‘we support the Ukrainian people and we want to demonstrate that support unequivocally at this historic moment for all Europeans’.

Parliamentary Friendship Groups are a forum for building better understanding and mutual agreement, on a broad range of subjects, between Members of National Parliaments.

Houses of the Oireachtas Friendships Groups function under the aegis of the Ceann Comhairle who nominates conveners to organise the groups’ activities.