Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 41: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that have been taken to assist Irish trainee pilots who are currently in Florida and have been told their course will not continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33843/12]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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I wish to assure the Deputy that my Department is very aware of the appalling situation in which these students have found themselves and we are in regular communication with the students in Florida and their families in Ireland through our Consulate in Atlanta and our Consular Division here in Dublin. Ireland's Consul General in Atlanta, Paul Gleeson, travelled to Florida on Thursday and met with the affected students to offer support and any available consular assistance. As in all such cases, we will continue to monitor developments closely and to provide all appropriate consular assistance, including by helping to relay messages to family in Ireland and by providing emergency travel documentation where the need arises.