Debate contribution: European Parliament Motion on Ukraine: Sinn Féin

Debate contribution by Mr Matthew O'Toole on 16 February 2026.

MLA: Mr Matthew O'Toole
Party at the time: Social Democratic and Labour Party
Date: 16 February 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: European Parliament Motion on Ukraine: Sinn Féin
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5391361

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First, I get about two questions once a month, so I will ask you about issues that pertain to wider questions, including decisions that your party has made. It has nothing to do with the British Government; it was a vote taken in the European Parliament by your colleagues, including on the subject of civil and humanitarian aid. I understand that your colleagues are talking about defence spending, but you do not have to endorse every part of that spending. Your party could, for example, have abstained: your party chose not to. When those of us who want a united and new Ireland back in the European Union are asking for European solidarity now and in the future, is it defensible for your party to stand against humanitarian aid to people in Ukraine?

133 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 2041/22-27.

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