"His inability to work will have a direct impact on the provision of the medical services and our ability to maintain adequate staffing and patient care,” reads a letter from the Rotunda to the Department of Justice.
One of the most pressing issues continues to be the impact of Ireland's work-permit regime, which makes it risky for employees to speak out if exploited.
People on low incomes, with unstable housing, are bound to be most affected by more stringent policies for citizenship, says Lucky Khambule of the Movement of Asylum Seekers Ireland (MASI).
Exploring common threads, sharing meals and just being kind, are some of the ways that they are looking to take on anti-immigrant narratives about who they are, they say.
There are delays with asylum-card renewals, which "are currently taking longer than normal to process”, said a spokesperson with the Department of Justice. They did not say how big the backlog was.
Late last month, a small group gathered on O'Connell Street to support the "cockroaches" movement that had taken to the streets in their country of birth.
A spokesperson for Ireland’s Ombudsman for Children said it is “very concerned” that the best-interests principle was not referenced in the new policy.
