Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Engagement with UNRWA Deputy Director John Whyte

2:00 am

Mr. John Whyte:

We have insulin sitting in El Arish in the north of Egypt. It has been sitting in trucks there for months. The refrigerator trucks are costing us a fortune but we cannot get them in. Having money to buy more supplies is always an issue but we already have our 2025 medical supplies for the year purchased and sitting in warehouses in Amman. We are working with the WHO to try to bring them in but they can do only what they can and limited supplies are being allowed in. This is just the simple reality. Whether it is medicine, food or shelter supplies, it is all sitting outside.

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