AM v Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment & ors

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Respondent/Defendant:Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Minister for Justice, Ireland and the Attorney General
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2024] IEHC 660
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:20 Nov 2024
Judge:O’Donnell B.
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Asylum Applicant, Employer, Employment, Equal Treatment (Principle of), Labour market access, Reception Conditions (Material)
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/bb0aaab1-149e-4eb8-952d-578c4d6b3267/2024_IEHC_660.pdf/pdf#view=fitH

Facts: The applicant was an international protection applicant in Ireland with a professional background in pharmacy and healthcare management. The applicant applied for and was granted a labour market access permission. Under Regulation 11(9)(a) of the European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018, international protection applicants are not permitted to enter employment in the public sector. The applicant alleged that this … Read More

Principles:The restriction on access to employment in the public sector for international protection applicants is sufficiently justified and proportionate to the public interest.
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LK v International Protection Appeals Tribunal & ors

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Respondent/Defendant:LK
Judgment Date/s:09 Oct 2024
Judge:Dunne, Charleton, Woulfe S., Hogan, G., Murray
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Asylum, Asylum (Application for), Asylum Applicant (Examination of an), Employment, Labour market access, Protection (International), Reception Conditions
Country of Origin:Georgia
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/aaa6ed66-ae2f-4618-930a-ad4dcad8bb11/2024_IESC_42_.pdf/pdf#view=fitH

Facts: LK applied for international protection in Ireland in September 2019. A preliminary interview was scheduled two weeks after he applied for international protection, but he did not receive written notification of this date and was never contacted personally. Through his social worker, an interview was arranged for LK for 12 December 2019. He received a questionnaire, for which he … Read More

Principles:The insertion of delay “attributed in part” as a condition for refusing to grant a labour market access permission does not feature in the Directive. It is not acte clair that the condition is in compliance with EU law and therefore a preliminary reference was sent to the Court of Justice of the European Union.
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L.K. -v- International Protection Appeals Tribunal & Ors

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L.K. -v- International Protection Appeals Tribunal & Ors
Respondent/Defendant:International Protection Appeals Tribunal, The Minister for Justice, Ireland and the Attorney General
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2022] IEHC 441
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:26 Apr 2023
Judge:Heslin M., Ferriter C.
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Asylum, Asylum (Application for), Asylum Applicant, Labour market access, Protection (Application for International), Protection (International), Reception Conditions
Country of Origin:Georgia
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/153ff350-64ad-40e3-885f-c3783365ca98/2022_IEHC_441.pdf/pdf#view=fitH https://courts.ie/view/judgments/a8214e9c-ffea-41bc-9246-587b20791b2d/5b4865e6-b107-4c5d-aa1b-f1ffcacf72b4/2023_IEHC_210.pdf/pdf

Facts: The case concerned a Georgian national who applied for international protection at the IPO in September 2019. He completed the section 13 process, but not the section 15 process required to complete the lodging of his application. This was because he required a Georgian interpreter, and he was informed that he would be contacted when this could be arranged. … Read More

Principles:The introduction of delay attributable ‘in part’ to an applicant in regulation 11(4)(b) of the European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018 as a reason for refusing labour market access is not foreseen in the recast Reception Conditions Directive. It dilutes the provision for labour market access and incorrectly transposes EU law.
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