Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022: Discussion
Ms Mary Henderson:
Perhaps I could add something here. For certain categories of migrants, their rights are very clearly specified in different pieces of legislation. For example, with access to education and persons who are entitled to SUSI supports, it is very clearly specified what type of immigration status a person must hold. Currently, victims of trafficking who have been granted permission under the administrative immigration arrangements are excluded from that support, but hopefully that is going to change under the draft national action plan. I think what Ms McGinley is getting at is that both immigration entitlements and the measures IHREC has put forward, whether to social welfare, supports around housing, or access to all the various provisions, can be provided for in legislation in the same way they would be provided for international protection applicants or persons granted refugee status. It could be dealt with.
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