Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I assure the Deputy the Russian authorities are in no doubt of Ireland's position but I will pass on his suggestion to the Minister. I share the Deputy's dismay. Over 13 million people have required humanitarian assistance in Syria alone and 5.5 million have fled to neighbouring countries. To be fair to the EU, to date it has mobilised more than €10.4 billion for humanitarian stabilisation and resilience assistance in Syria and neighbouring countries. It has hosted a donor conference with pledges of €5.6 billion in April 2017 and plans to host another conference in April 2018. It has also supported sanctions and so on. It is a really serious situation. Our calls are very small in comparison to the scale of what is happening. I absolutely share the condemnation the Deputies have expressed.

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