A table of national comparisons, published in the editions of Tuesday, May 23rd, of how asylum-seekers are handled in different countries may have been misleading where it stated that asylum-seekers in Britain are not permitted to work.
In practice, if an asylum-seeker's application has not been decided after six months, permission to work may be granted while awaiting the decision.
In relation to an Opinion page article in yesterday's paper, the Minister for Justice, Mr O'Donoghue, has asked us to point out that immediately the Sheedy affair was brought to his attention by the Attorney General, he asked the Chief Justice and the Garda Commissioner to conduct investigations. It is also accepted that the Minister has no decision-making power as to whether prosecutions should take place.
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