Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Supplementary)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Supplementary)
Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
To conclude on the Horn of Africa, last year we allocated and delivered more than €100 million on behalf of Ireland to that region. That is the scale of funding we are regularly providing to the region through UN bodies, or their EU counterparts, because sometimes our NGOs do not have the ability to deliver those types of projects on the ground.
On Israel's actions, Ireland is one of the few countries that has been exceptionally politically neutral and we condemn the violence on both sides. Not everybody does that. So many people in so many countries take one side or the other but Ireland has been very clear on this issue. We are against violence and, ultimately, we want peace to be restored and the guns to be put down. Sorry, I got diverted from the Deputy's question on the killing of civilians.
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