Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Budget 2024, Official Development Assistance, COP28 and Ongoing Humanitarian Situations: Dóchas
David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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South Sudan was mentioned and the influx of people from Sudan into South Sudan. Will Ms Bennett comment on the other countries in this region, including the Central African Republic, Eritrea and Ethiopia? Those two latter countries went through their own horrible war in Tigre not so long ago. That conflict has quietened down now, and hopefully it will stay that way. I refer as well to Uganda and Kenya. Is this situation in Sudan having an impact on the surrounding countries?