Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South-Central, Sinn Fein)

Yes. I have two further questions for this round. I hope to come in with some other matters if we have a further round. UNRWA operates on the basis of a mandate that is renewable. In recent months, unfortunately, another UN-mandated deployment or mission, albeit a very different one, namely UNIFIL, has not had its mandate renewed for post 2027. Is there any fear on Mr. Whyte's part about the renewal of UNRWA's mandate? Perhaps it operates under a different mechanism or qualifications and perhaps there is more robust protection for it. It is difficult to think of any precedent for what is happening in Gaza in terms of the weaponisation and denial of aid. I am thinking of the attempts by the Israeli Government, supported by the US Government, to usurp the legal mandate of UNRWA with the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

There is a lot of concern about the kind of personnel they have and that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been deploying, including security contractors and so on. I refer to groups with maybe some extreme views who are being employed as personnel. Can Mr. Whyte give us any insight into the experiences on the ground of his own personnel and also the civilian population as to the kind of people engaged by the GHF?