Séamus Healy (Tipperary, Workers and Unemployed Action Group)
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50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to returning them to their family here due to their personal circumstances and declining health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16874/19]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, through the Irish Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Consular Assistance Unit in Dublin, has been providing extensive consular assistance to this citizen and his family since 2011.

The Government has been active in supporting this citizen's request to return to Ireland and my Department, through the Irish Embassy in Abu Dhabi, continues to engage with the local Foreign Ministry and other relevant local authorities on this matter.

Officials from the Irish Embassy in Abu Dhabi and my Department's Consular Assistance Unit remain available to provide this citizen and his family with all possible consular assistance.