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
Mr. Nick Henderson:
They would include the vulnerability mechanism, the withdrawal of reception conditions and the appeal against it, and provisions for detention. There is a provision for detention there, and that is reflected in the fact that a detention facility is being built at Dublin Airport. There are provisions around vocational training, to support people in accessing their right to work. There are provisions around the best interest of the child. We submit that these would have to be contained and explained in the statutory instrument at the very least in order to meet the test laid out by the directive. I think the directive is phrased to the effect that transposition is to be done through the laws of the member state. As such, it cannot be left to circulars, policy notes or procedure notes. It has to have parent legislation.
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