Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The undocumented Irish in the United States remain a very high priority for the Government. The embassy in Washington DC is in ongoing contact with members of the community and politicians in that city. We understand immigration is of course a very politically sensitive matter and it will be difficult to separate the request of the Irish Government for regularisation of our citizens from similar requests from other countries. That creates a difficulty.

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