Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Direct Provision: Discussion with Ombudsman
Mr. Peter Tyndall:
Ultimately, that is a decision for the Minister and the Government. It is very much in the political sphere. I will have to confine myself to noting that allowing people to work has given them a dignity and an income and it has hugely improved morale. If more people were able to work, we must assume those beneficial effects would be more widely spread among people in direct provision.
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