Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion

9:00 am

Ms Emily Logan:

Obviously our role is to seek the best protection possible but at the moment, the way the interim scheme is run means that people cannot even enter into it. Asylum seekers have to get themselves a job to the value of €30,000 per year but lots of skilled employment would fall below that threshold.

We are advocating the opening up of the market so people can legitimately enter it without the restrictions. It is restricted to the extent that it is not viable.

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