Mr. Feilim McLaughlin:

With regard to the high percentage of young people in the population, I confess I do not know the particular reasons for that. If I manage to find out, I will be happy to refer back to the Deputy in writing.

As regards the refugees elsewhere, that refers to Palestinian refugees who would be the descendants of people who were displaced. For example, UNRWA works in Gaza but it also has operations in those other countries, particularly in Syria and Lebanon. In fact, a very large percentage of the resident population of Lebanon is of Palestinian descent and are refugees.

With regard to PEGASE, it is a mechanism that is run by the European Commission. It is something we have worked with, on and off, over a number of years. We have provided a total of perhaps €15.5 million over a number of years. Last year, we provided it with €1 million. The way it works is that it provides an essential income support, some type of basic payment, to families who do not have any other means of support. It is a way of providing them with some type of subvention. In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, we thought it was an important vehicle to work with.

On the broader question of demolitions raised by Deputy Brady, as I said, the vast majority of what we do and the vast majority of places where we invest our money is in the direction of human capital. We invest very much in the people of Palestine, their education and in the vindication of their human rights. Infrastructural development in that sense is not something in which we have invested heavily in the past, so it is very difficult to give a figure. It is not an area in which we would generally work. In terms of structures built by the West Bank Protection Consortium and other organisations, it is very difficult to put a figure as to which percentage of which donor's funding went into it. The figure our colleague gave earlier was a total of perhaps €50 million in contributions from countries in the European Union since 2017. Ireland has contributed €1 million of that. Again, that funding goes to legal aid and a series of different areas, not just the construction of structures, so it is very difficult to extract a figure in that way.

Ms Moran will respond to some of the other points.