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• 12/11/2002    McDowell welcomes new Cabinet committee to oversee policy development and direction on immigration, asylum and refugee integration.
  The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Mr Michael McDowell, T.D., today said that since taking up office he had given considerable thought to the organisation of the State's legal and administrative framework for asylum seekers, refugees and immigration matters generally.
• 19/07/2002   Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform announces allocation of funding under the European Refugee Fund (ERF)
  The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Mr. Michael McDowell T.D. today announced that 18 organisations/groups are to receive funding under the European Refugee Fund (ERF) for projects related to the reception of asylum seekers, integration of refugees and voluntary repatriation for budget year 2002.