Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As the Tánaiste mentioned in his opening remarks, three members of the joint committee visited Jordan in June and visited Zaatari refugee camp, which has a population of 120,000 refugees. We met families that had been affected by the atrocities in Syria and it constitutes a huge drain on the resources of the Jordanian Government. The Foreign Minister told us that even the provision of water would become a real problem for them there. It is a city like Limerick of 120,000 people with its own problems including robberies, violence and so on. To be fair to the authorities and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, they are doing a great job considering the difficulties they face with people arriving every day.