Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Committee on Public Petitions
Update on Direct Provision: The Ombudsman
Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I am in the convention centre. I thank the witnesses for the presentation they have made. I missed the opening statements but I have read them. I refer to the developments that came with the White Paper on direct provision around the right to work. I apologise if it has been mentioned while I was absent. Does the witnesses' office deal with complaints from asylum seekers in cases where they have been refused that right by the operators of the direct provision facility? Second, do people living in direct provision who get employment have access to the suite of protections under existing industrial relations legislation? Is anyone coming to the witnesses' office if they have a relevant complaint related to industrial relations?
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