James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the language issue, that is something which I take seriously. While I have a note before me on the issue I will try to give Deputy Dowds a response specific to my own previous profession. I always found it astonishing that while some people with no basic English can come here on the basis that they are EU citizens people from South Africa, America and Australia, whose first language is English are required to undergo a language test. It is bizarre. We are addressing that issue with the Medical Council.