Mr. Dermot Mulligan:

On permit holders working in Ireland being joined by spouses, dependants and partners, that is handled by the Irish Immigration Service in the Department of Justice. Spouses and partners dependant on critical skills employment permit holders can currently apply to come here. The Deputy is right in that there is an issue regarding inter-company transfer holders. We are very actively in conversation with the Department of Justice on that issue. I hope that we will be able to make progress on it in the relatively near future. We are working on it.