Dáil debates
Tuesday, 5 December 2017
Other Questions
Refugee Resettlement Programme
6:15 pm
Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will use his discretionary powers in a humanitarian manner to allow relatives of Syrian residents here, who may be in equally dangerous situations as those of refugees, apply for family reunification under the family reunification humanitarian admission programme; his plans to redefine "family member" using the broader terms proposed in the International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017; and if he will consider setting aside a budget to pay the administration and travel costs of bringing the family members of refugees that often have no means here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51496/17]
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