Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence

To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will lend his support to the introduction, on a pilot basis, of a reciprocal one year visa arrangement with Taiwan to support a youth mobility scheme similar to the scheme they have in place with the UK?

Reply

I have asked my officials to explore this matter further and to see what possibilities there are for something along the lines the Deputy is proposing. The Deputy will of course appreciate that, in its foreign relations, Ireland adopts a “one China” policy and that the matter would need to be considered within that overall context.