Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 February 2023

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth

Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Neil Bruton:

The next stage is Report Stage and we are hoping that will be around the end of March or April sort of time. As for our other two asks, they require a collaboration between the Department of Justice and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment because they require the granting of a stamp. For example, family reunion would involve the granting of a visa or stamp to family members. Similarly, with the right to work for spouses or family members of someone on a work permit, they would need to be granted a stamp to allow them to work. That requires a collaboration and that is why we are asking that the committee writes to both Ministers so that the Departments would look at that point in their interdepartmental working group, which we believe is starting in March.