#RTE This grave issue has been lingering on for the last few years. Our team has tried its best to engage with Helen McEntee TD & the visa section Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for a reasonable solution but no one has paid heed yet. This should... be investigated & sorted now 1/2 #FastTrackFamilyVisashow more

"If someone's spouse or child is not able to join them here for years,they may emigrate to other countries in the EU,or Australia or the USA" He said that the international doctors have the skills & capabilities to go anywhere in the world and come to Ireland in good faith.."2/2

@HMcEntee @DeptJusticeIRL @DonnellyStephen @SimonHarrisTD @FergalBowers @TrainUs4Ireland @aipps_eire @aishafarooqui7 @PakinIreland Very unfair that we have to live away from our children, our families, it affects mentally as well, this issue needs to be heard, needs to be resolved ASAP, otherwise doctors would be leaving to other countries as no one wants to live away from their families for years.

@HMcEntee @DeptJusticeIRL @DonnellyStephen @SimonHarrisTD @FergalBowers @TrainUs4Ireland @aipps_eire @aishafarooqui7 @PakinIreland The toll of living apart from family can impact anyone,for as humans, at the end of the day we all yearn for someone to lean on when overwhelmed, fatigued, and drained. It's demoralizing that International HCWs have been grappling with this reality for years.

@HMcEntee @DeptJusticeIRL @DonnellyStephen @SimonHarrisTD @FergalBowers @TrainUs4Ireland @aipps_eire @aishafarooqui7 @PakinIreland Its is so heartbreaking when to give so much to a system but the system treats you so unfairly

@HMcEntee @DeptJusticeIRL @DonnellyStephen @SimonHarrisTD @FergalBowers @TrainUs4Ireland @aipps_eire @aishafarooqui7 @PakinIreland It’s just seems unfair, it was hard for me while waiting for my family for few months and how heart breaking it would be for him keeping in limbo for years with no hope, can imagine his mental health. #FastTrackFamilyVisa

@HMcEntee @DeptJusticeIRL @DonnellyStephen @SimonHarrisTD @FergalBowers @TrainUs4Ireland @aipps_eire @aishafarooqui7 @PakinIreland Hope he's sorted soon 😢

@HMcEntee @DeptJusticeIRL @DonnellyStephen @SimonHarrisTD @FergalBowers @TrainUs4Ireland @aipps_eire @aishafarooqui7 @PakinIreland The justice department has to take steps towards expedition of family visas for doctors. Even the appeal period is almost 2 yrs.

@HMcEntee @DeptJusticeIRL @DonnellyStephen @SimonHarrisTD @FergalBowers @TrainUs4Ireland @aipps_eire @aishafarooqui7 @PakinIreland Extremely Unfair !! Very difficult for a Doctor to live without family and work here day & night .

@HMcEntee @DeptJusticeIRL @DonnellyStephen @SimonHarrisTD @FergalBowers @TrainUs4Ireland @aipps_eire @aishafarooqui7 @PakinIreland You knew what you were signing up to with the work visa, do you have sympathy with irish doctors and nurses emigrating economically forced to leave.

@PakinIreland No! we didn't know about this ill treatment before. We are joining Irish health system due to kindness & hospitality of Irish people otherwise borders are open for us in same way as for our Irish medical colleagues who relocate to Australia, New Zealand, and Canada etc