Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

When can we expect the publication of the Quigley report into the circumstances surrounding the contracting of the person by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government?

When is the work permits Bill likely to come before the House? I have a case of a South African national who came here three years ago to join her husband who was recruited as a result of the roadshow promoted by the then Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Tánaiste, Deputy Harney, in South Africa. This person came here to join her husband. She has applied and got a job. FÁS has approved her. The director of the nursing home concerned badly needs her particular skill and cannot get it elsewhere, yet she has been refused a permit by the Department which the Tánaiste, Deputy Harney, left.

There are so many of these cases that we could throw our hands in the air, but this is a case——

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