Sir, - I was interested to read your report (European Diary, February 5th) of the Irish Government's support for Irish lecturers facing discrimination in Italy in contravention of EU legislation.Sadly, the same Government is failing in its duty to prevent similar problems here. I am a doctor, originally from Chile, but with EU nationality. I qualified in Chile, but have worked in the UK since 1992, have full registration with the British General Medical Council, and am a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (having sat exactly the same exams as Irish colleagues). Under EU case law I am entitled to apply for full registration by the Irish Medical Council, and the onus is on Ireland to justify a refusal to grant me this status.However, the Medical Council has refused to consider my application on the grounds that the Irish Government has not altered legislation here to incorporate the relevant EU case law - something it is required to do by Treaty obligation.As a result I spent a year apart from my family and thousands of pounds in air fares. And I am not able to practise as an equal with doctors who have exactly the same specialist qualification.I would welcome an assurance that the Irish Government is as committed to the rights of all EU citizens in Ireland as it is to those of the Irish abroad. - Yours, etc., Dr Marcelo Camprubi,Glenageary, Co Dublin.