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The recommendations of the Advisory Group Report in October 2020 are being assessed by the relevant Ministers and their Departments. The Group’s report will help to generate ideas for a replacement to the Direct Provision system which will be published in a white paper that will be published by the end of 2020.
The Government has also approved plans to make it easier for international protection applicants to access work. One of the new plans is to ensure applicants can access work after a waiting period of 6 months instead of 9 months, from the date of their first application for international protection.
The Advisory Group was established in October 2019 and chaired by Dr Catherine Day, former Secretary General of the European Commission. The groups aims are:
The full Advisory Group report is available through the link below:
Report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process
The Inter-Departmental Group report on Direct Provision is available through the link below:
Report of the Inter-Departmental Group on Direct Provision
Update: 26 February 2021
A White Paper on Ending Direct Provision has been published and is available in English and other languages below:
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Department of Education and Skills
Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government Observations
Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government costings
European Asylum Support Office
Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
International Protection Office
International Protection Appeals Tribunal
AkidWa (Akina Dada wa Africa)
MASI (Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland)
Outcomes of Joint NGO Session
Spirasi (Spiritan Asylum Services Initiative)