Mr. Louis Maguire:

There are no difficulties. They all have embassies in London from where one must obtain a visa. For instance, I receive telephone calls every day from persons looking for a visa to travel to Tunisia, but they are wasted telephone calls because Irish people do not need a visa.

As regards lobbying, I wrote to the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, nine months ago and I received a reply by return post. On the issue of visas, he stated it was not his Department that was involved------