Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am a bit unclear on some of that. The Minister is telling us he cannot give us any fuller details. The committee is adult enough to take on board fuller details with the health warning that Government approval is required. The fact he cannot even give us greater detail is a little concerning.

With regard to the point about the flagrant breach, I was referring to the fact the Minister chose to implement a system in the transitional period which effectively denied access to the labour market to asylum seekers, which the Supreme Court stated was unlawful. By choosing the method of access, he was, in effect, denying access and there was a sleight of hand in that regard.

I am not fully clear on what the Minister is saying about the NGOs. He is telling us that they were not excluded, they got that wrong, and they did not understand that point but that their views were taken into account even though they told us that they made efforts to contact the Department and they did not hear anything back. Is the Minister telling us that is not accurate and that they did hear stuff back? They were clear in May that despite their efforts to liaise with the Department on how the directive would be implemented, they had not been engaged with. Is that wrong?