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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 5 Apr 2000

Vol. 517 No. 4

Written Answers. - Visa Applications.

Alan Shatter

Ceist:

239 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether non-EU doctors, appointed to hospital posts, should be entitled to have their spouses and children accompany them and reside with them in the State; his further view on whether the current visa regulations, which prevent this for the first year of a doctor's appointment, are unreasonable and destructive of family life; and if he will take the action required, at Government level, to effect a change to these regulations. [10219/00]

I wish to refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 22 March 2000 which sets out my Department's policy in respect of the admission of persons who require a visa and who are family members of persons who are legally employed in the State. This policy is currently under review.

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