Mr. Michael Kirrane:

The changes that were made in the 2015 Act brought us into line with the rest of Europe and are more favourable than many other European countries because since the Act was introduced some countries have tightened their procedures even further. We are no more than in line with the rest of Europe on family reunification. Having said that, the Minister recognised there were particular circumstances in war-torn countries. That is why in recent times he has introduced a new humanitarian family unification programme specifically aimed at those countries. That scheme opened recently. There will be a total of 530 approvals given under that scheme. It will be done in a series of applications over the next year. The first round of those applications has just closed now and we will be evaluating them. There is a recognition by the Minister that there are a particular set of circumstances in war-torn countries where there is a need to respond in a humanitarian way as distinct from the standard process that exists under the International Protection Act. That is how that has been responded to. It is something we welcome and our approach is not a default position of saying no. If it was, we would not have a scheme like this in operation.

Does Mr. Merriman want to add anything further to that?