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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: To put it in a slightly different way, if the Government was to legislate for the right to work in an effective way in a few months, and I would have doubts about that, would Ireland be legally compliant with the directive in every other respect? The spirit of the directive is perhaps a different matter but, legally, would we be in compliance with the directive if the effective 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: To touch briefly on one of those points, the Irish Refugee Council raised previously the difficulty some asylum seekers have on readmission to direct provision centres. That would be related to the directive. They may be people who may have sought asylum without being in a direct provision centre or who are re-entering having lived somewhere else because they have no place else to go. As...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: In terms of an effective barrier to work outside the legislative issues, an example was given of the Garda National Immigration Bureau, GNIB, card, which I understand the witnesses said is not a legal form of identification having regard to what is printed on that card. What is best way around that? Should the GNIB card be made a formal form of identification, or are there other forms of...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Could Ms Logan briefly give two or three more examples of practical issues, aside from the financial element, that create obstacles?

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have a final point, which follows on from a question posed by other members. On the basis of the witnesses' comments regarding the Department of Justice and Equality's concern about the possibility of a pull factor in terms of the directive, is it fair to say that is misplaced and overestimated?

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.