I ask Deputy McConalogue to think of his colleagues behind him.

I would like to ask the Tánaiste about the Government's position on the national effort to make progress on the undocumented in the United States. This effort is being made against a difficult political backdrop at present. Many people in County Donegal and every other part of the country have loved ones who have been abroad for many years and are unable to come home. This problem becomes particularly acute when Irish people who are living overseas lose close family relatives in Ireland. I know it is a difficult situation at the moment. The Government needs to ensure every effort continues to be made to try to make progress in this regard. I ask the Tánaiste to give the House an update on the state of play with regard to the efforts he is making as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

We are trying to make progress on the E3 visa process. I am sure the Deputy is familiar with this facility, which is available to Australian nationals. It enables them to get visas to work and live in the United States.

There is an allocation each year. We are working with friends in Congress and the Senate to try to allow Irish people to use unused visas, of which there are between 3,000 and 4,000 and sometimes more each year. We are trying to progress legislation that would give Irish people who want to travel to the United States the opportunity to be able to do so with the new visa entitlement, with reciprocal arrangements for US citizens who want to come to Ireland. That is the area where we can make progress in the short term but there is a broader challenge of the thousands of undocumented across the US who are concerned about their future. We continue to raise the issue but immigration is a hugely divisive issue on Capitol Hill. It is, therefore, difficult to get the legislative change that we would like to see in the short term.

Before we move on, I will give priority to Deputies Crowe, Brady, McLoughlin and Fitzpatrick, who I did not reach today, on Tuesday. I do not like carrying over speakers but we have a lot of business to do today. I am not setting a precedent.