Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I raise a local GP issue that we have in County Clare. A local GP, who is a naturalised Irish citizen, applied in January for a visa for his mother to come to visit him. He was told in March that he needed more paperwork to prove his relationship and to show that she did not intend to overstay. All of that information was provided in April. The visa office recently advised that it is currently processing appeals for visas to visit families submitted in May 2023. This GP cannot apply again until his appeal is processed. We have a real deficit of GPs. We want to keep the ones we have. It is an issue to highlight to the Tánaiste. The wait time is very concerning, given that the visa office is only processing for May of last year now. This GP just wants to see his mam and spend two weeks with her. That is it. If there is anything that can be done in respect of that, it would be great.

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