Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 327: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Louth is eligible to work in the State. [24401/04]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The right to work for asylum seekers is based on the Government's decision of 26 July 1999. It allows asylum seekers to seek employment once they had applied on or before that date, had been 12 months without a final determination of his or her asylum application and had been compliant with their obligations in the asylum process. The person concerned has not been entitled to seek or take up employment in the State since the refusal of her asylum application on 27 December 2001.