Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail)

I join Senators Finucane and Maurice Hayes on the issue of Filipino nurses who certainly provide a tremendous service for this country. The persons about whom I am most concerned are their spouses and families. Their spouses are not allowed work here at present. The difficulty this causes for their families is particularly striking given that many are young women with young families. In most cases the children are not brought to this country. Therefore, there is a real difficulty for the nurse involved. To allow them to operate as a family unit would assist them.