Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I agree. It is important that we have streamlined the process. It is now much more accommodating to the situation regarding stamp 4 and family reunification. The issues the Deputy raises probably cross over with the Department of Finance and Revenue as well as the Department of Social Protection. I am certainly happy to raise them. We have been for a long number of years trying to implement a lot more cross-departmental arrangements to solving problems, and that is working quite well. I will raise the issues the Deputy raises. If there are any others, I ask him to let us know because we value the expertise of the people coming to work here. We need them to complement our own talent. Changes have been made in respect of the number of doctors coming through our education system. We would encourage the continuation of that work along with the Minister, Deputy Harris, in that area. We are very much open to working cross-departmentally. I will bring any issues the Deputy raises to the relevant Departments.

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