Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is very helpful. I should have said at the outset like Deputy Finian McGrath that all of us are horrified at the terrible plight in particular of refugees from Syria arriving in Italy and Greece and at the appalling journeys they have had to make and the dreadful personal tragedies we have seen. Arising from that, Mr. Kirrane has given us the idea that it will be months before we start to see the EU process cranked up to the point where people are being relocated from Italy and Greece. My next question arises from that. I have spoken to colleagues who have been in Greece and who have seen at first hand the terrible conditions Syrian families are in there, including sick people, children and older people. I understand that in Greece and Italy, there is a reluctance to bring in international humanitarian relief efforts. Will there be any move towards that if it seems that the relocation process is going to take some months given that there are people in serious need currently? I am talking about the International Committee of the Red Cross and bringing in the capacity of international NGOs. I understand that there has been a reluctance in Greece to invite them in and to acknowledge the scale of this humanitarian crisis for refugees. Reports from Greece tell us that.