Source: Government of Ireland – Foreign Affairs
Ireland is providing an additional financial contribution of €3 million to ensure that vital public services in Palestine can continue, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Helen McEntee has announced.
The contribution will go to an EU fund that is helping to keep public services such as education and healthcare operational in the face of a financial crisis facing the Palestinian Authority. It forms part of Ireland’s contribution as a member of the Emergency Coalition for the Financial Sustainability of the Palestinian Authority.
Israel’s continued refusal to transfer Palestinian tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority threatens its ability to maintain vital public services on which millions of people depend. Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Helen McEntee and Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora Neale Richmond said that Ireland’s support will ensure that people in Palestine can continue to access these services.
Minister McEntee said:
Minister of State Neale Richmond said: