Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Tánaiste and his officials. I would like to be associated with the generous donation from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Syria. The sum is in the region of €10 million which is very generous considering our economic woes. We wish well all sides, including the United States, Russia and the European Union. We hope the Geneva II talks will go well and that people can be brought to the table to prevent the dreadful atrocities that are occurring in the beautiful country of Syria, particularly in Damascus. I hope the conflict will not spread to other areas.

We have had a wide-ranging discussion. It was most interesting and I have no doubt but that we will be returning to this issue in the very near future. It is our duty as parliamentarians to keep it on the agenda while parliamentarians elsewhere in Europe are discussing it.