Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I am always open to this but my honest concern about UNRWA, and I say this as a massive supporter of it, is about its ability to do what it desperately wants to do, and is desperately trying to do. As a result of the decisions of the Israeli Government we made the decision, and UNRWA will verify this, to front-load our allocation and it was very grateful for it. We have also worked at EU level to significantly increase the EU allocation and to front-load it. We absolutely remain open to doing more. From memory, the European Union made an allocation of approximately €51 million to UNRWA last week. My bigger concern at present is UNRWA's ability to carry out its work safely.