Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Foreign Affairs Council: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
My apologies. Since 2012, Ireland has provided over €140 million in humanitarian assistance to those affected by the conflict in Syria and the region, which is our largest ever response to any single crisis. In March 2019, Ireland pledged €25 million to Syria and the region for this year. To date, we have disbursed over €21 million of this amount. This includes support within Syria and support to countries in the region, in particular, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, which host very large numbers of refugees. I have been to some of those refugee camps, some of which are extraordinary in scale. Our 2019 funding includes a contribution of €2.5 million-----
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