Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Calleary will have to take up the issue of unspent funds with the Minister for Justice and Equality. As the Deputy stated, there is a close relationship with the migrant rights organisations who have been instrumental in trying to make this system work. What we have recognised is that there are legal defects. We are seeking to correct those in the two types of cases that I outlined in the reply and we hope that will be a better legislative framework.

I held a ministerial conference at the ILO on the domestic workers convention and under the Irish Presidency, we passed provision in the Council of Ministers to initiate the sanction by EU members of the domestic workers convention. We have initiated the change, not only for Ireland but right throughout the EU.

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