Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail)

I am only trying to inform the House on the context and background to the matter. I fully support all that Senator Norris has said. A procedural and administrative difficulty exists but the Department assured me that it would courier applications from Belarus directly to the Moscow embassy in order to fast-track applications in the cases which Senator Norris rightly brought to the attention of the House. I support the call made by the Senator for increased resources in the Moscow embassy and we would all agree that what he said is correct. I wished to support the unique humanitarian nature of the work done by Adi Roche so I do not know why Senator Norris got his knickers in a twist over it.