Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The EU Peace Facility has grown. The calculation is based on our GNI percentage. We are a net contributor to the European Union so it is done on a percentage and pro rata basis in respect of that. I can get figures in more detail on the growth of the EPF more generally. In fact, there is now talk of using the EPF for strengthening the Lebanese Armed Forces, LAF, in a post-Lebanese ceasefire environment, to enhance its jurisdiction and capacity to operate in south Lebanon, in particular, alongside UNIFIL, to make for a more effective implementation of Resolution 1701.

On the bomb shelter, Ireland has provided approximately €26 million in bilateral aid. Much of our humanitarian assistance in Ukraine is provided out of that. There are some very good programmes, for example, housing programmes to rehouse quite a number of people who were displaced as a result of the bombings in Ukraine. We also have a very effective cohort of Irish personnel on the civilian side operating in UN agencies in Kyiv and Ukraine, who I have met, in policing. These are people who may be seconded from or, in some instances, retired from An Garda or the Department of Foreign Affairs. Sometimes, that is as valuable as any money because these are people with considerable experience who are on the ground putting things together for Ukraine and its people.