Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Watt mentioned retaining people. One issue with junior doctors is that if they come in from outside the EU or EEA, they will not get a stamp 4 visa until they have been here for at least five years.

There is a proposal to reduce that to two years. My understanding is that it is now stuck in a logjam between the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and, I believe, the Department of Foreign Affairs. Many junior doctors do not have a stamp 4 and cannot get into any training facility here. For this reason, they do not see any point in staying in Ireland. When will that logjam be resolved?