H.E. Mrs. Larisa Miculet:

I do not know at this moment but we can check and come back to the Deputy later.

I mentioned that EU member state support was and is crucial. I see the ambassador of Poland is present. The ambassador supports us here in Ireland and Poland, as a country, supports us a lot, as do other member states. I will focus on Ireland.

We are grateful for the €5 million in assistance that was delivered to Moldova and for the previous assistance to help refugees. Bilaterally we discuss all Moldova's needs and how Ireland can help. Recently, two high-level officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs visited Moldova. One was an expert on security and the other was an expert on general EU matters such as European partnerships and so on. There was in-depth discussion of how we can meet Moldova's needs and of the opportunities and possibilities for Ireland to help us in the endeavour of EU accession. Every day we speak to representatives of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Our needs are passed on immediately and we receive a good response from them. That is why we will work further in this bilateral frame to make it more efficient, speedy and so on.

Regarding the health system in Moldova, all refugees, especially those who requested that the protection mechanism be implemented for them individually, can get health assistance in the same way as Moldovans. That was the case from the beginning. We have many Ukrainian newborn babies in Moldova and their mothers had the entire support of our system. Of course the Moldovan health system is probably not as strong as we would like it to be, especially, as the Deputy said, as the number of refugees we have is putting additional pressure on the system. However, we have received help. We had a list of needs regarding not only medicine but also investigative instruments. We have received help and I assume we are managing at a good quality level at the moment but there is a long way to go. Health systems are a weakness in many countries, including rich countries, and that is also true of Moldova but our authorities pay deep attention to this important sector.