Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I, too, thank the Tánaiste for his presentation. It was useful to have the briefing note prior to the meeting. On migration, it has to be acknowledged that there is more migration within Africa than there is from Africa. There are countries within Africa which face very challenging situations and which are coping with migrants as well. The Tánaiste used the example of Jordan but there are many others.

On Libya, how confident is the Tánaiste of a Libyan-found solution when there are some many factions there? Are the detention centres still open because they are a source of funding for certain groups within the Libyan framework? The Tánaiste will be aware that a number of Deputies visited Syria a couple of months ago. It was a private visit, which opened our eyes to the reality of what is happening. I would say there were atrocities on all sides within the Syrian conflict. There is no good side or bad side but the reality is that the majority of people still living there are trying to rebuild their lives. We saw many examples of that resilience. It is time that we considered engaging in Syria with the people who are living there and are trying to rebuild their country after the conflict.

On Yemen, it is good that the negotiations have started after a long lead-in. The point was made in the briefing note that there cannot be a military solution. Where is the condemnation of the arms trade? EU member countries such as the UK and France are fuelling that conflict, yet there is to be no military solution. As long as the arms continue to be provided, that is what will happen.

We had an interesting meeting yesterday with an Iranian delegation and the message that came across for me is the way in which the sanctions are affecting them. The US is pulling the strings, as it has been doing in Cuba for many years. It is sanctioning companies and banks because they are trading with countries it does not like. I will leave Brexit to other members, or I might come back in on it later.

I acknowledge that countries need aid, that we are very generous and that we do it right but giving more aid is the short-term answer. We are not looking to the long-term answer, which is the policy coherence, in respect of which we await the White Paper. In regard to the €110 million in additional funding, has the Tánaiste earmarked where it is going?