Chairman provides ministers with report on asylum-seeker system

The chairman of a government-appointed group on protection and the asylum-seeker system has said he hopes the content of its report is published soon, after it was given to the ministers responsible.

Dr Bryan McMahon submitted the final report of the working group on the protection process to Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald and Minister of State for New Communities Aodhán Ó’Ríordáin on Tuesday.

The report makes a number of recommendations, including suggestions that asylum seekers be allowed to work after a period of nine months and an easier path to residency for asylum seekers waiting five or more years for their claims to be handled.