Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is beyond the scope of any statutory instrument or legislation. The Supreme Court decision struck down the absolute ban on the right of asylum seekers to work but my understanding is - I have not read it in its totality - it was not entirely unequivocal in terms of the right to work of asylum seekers. Is it an area the witnesses have a concern about? It is interpreting directives and Irish legislation and so on but is there a basis, on foot of the Supreme Court decision, for Ireland to put in place further primary legislation to ensure a more comprehensive right to work or should we just simply focus on transposing the directive at this point in time?