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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Very good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes. I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is very frustrating but we need to discuss in private session how we escalate this, maybe by writing to the Minister. It needs to be escalated and the committee has a responsibility to address this. It should be done through primary legislation. The restriction existed in primary legislation such as the International Protection Act 2015 and others before it. If the Government deals...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: As I anticipated, there is a wide range of areas contained in the directive, minimum protections and so on. Do any of those areas require legislative action? Some are resource based, some administrative. Do any of those require additional legislative work aside from providing for the right to work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It seems to me that the Irish Refugee Council's understanding is that whether it is a statutory instrument or primary legislation there should be a legal basis for a vulnerability assessment, not just that it is done in practice and the resources are put in place. There has to be a statement somewhere in Irish law, whether in regulation or statute, that every asylum seeker is entitled to a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Before I move off that topic, are there other specific aspects the witnesses want to flag that will require explicit statements in Irish law?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Very well. I thank the witness. One of the other questions I asked of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission was this. Take the example of the restriction on the right to ID, specifically in relation to the right to work, what would be the best approach to deal with that, in the witnesses' view?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The witness mentioned people who might be refused readmission to the direct provision centres. There might be a right to appeal under the directive. To whom would that right of appeal lie?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: To whom should it appropriately lie?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Is there any possibility that there is no existing body of the State that would be suitable or appropriate for this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Very well.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 209. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure persons that suffer Ehlers-Danlos syndrome have adequate treatments here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20420/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 254. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to allocate additional resources to Cork city and county, specifically LGBT youth supports. [20419/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 295. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to further resource park rangers nationally. [20421/18]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will not repeat that. That is exactly what I was going to say. The GDPR covers this. I do not know if this is necessary but it may not do any great harm. If people accept and consent to their data being used, provided it is stored safely and securely, that seems to be in compliance with the GDPR.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 57:In page 30, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:"Application to access data41.(1) No application to access data processed for journalistic purposes may be made by any party, including, for the avoidance of doubt, an authorised officer, An Garda Síochána, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commissioner, the Revenue Commissioners or the Defence...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will withdraw the amendment, not so much because of its location, because this is a data protection Bill and data retention is relevant as well, but on the basis of the text.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 58:In page 30, to delete lines 4 to 6 and substitute the following:"41.(1) For the purposes of Article 86, personal data may be disclosed where a request for access to a record is granted under and in accordance with the Act of 2014 pursuant to an FOI request, a request for access to environmental information is granted under and in accordance with the Regulations of 2007...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: In the light of what the Minister has said and with a view to retabling the amendments on Report Stage if there is nothing forthcoming, I will withdraw amendment No. 58. On amendment No. 59, there is a definition and the Act was referenced. I do not have it to hand, but I am not necessarily clear on what harm would be done if the words "contained in a record" were not included or there...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 59:In page 30, line 4, to delete "contained in a record". This is complementary to the last amendment and probably amendment No. 62.