Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 170:

In page 46, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following:“(be) without prejudice to paragraph (ba), in the case of an application for an employment permit for the purposes referred to in paragraphs (d) and (e) of section 3A(2), the production to the Minister of information and documents as the Minister may specify in respect of—

(i) the remuneration paid to the foreign national concerned,
(ii) the currencies and exchange rate to be used in the description of the amount of such remuneration and in any computation and statement of remuneration,
(iii) the translations of any information or document relating to such remuneration,
(iv) the payment to the foreign national of the additional payment referred to in sections 3D(2), 3D(3), 3E(2) and 3E(3), and
(v) the arrangements for making the additional payment referred to in subparagraph (iv),
and, without prejudice to paragraph (a), the Minister may specify the form in which such information is to be provided to the Minister;

(bf) without prejudice to paragraph (bb), in the case of an application for the renewal of an employment permit for the purposes referred to in paragraphs (d) and (e) of section 3A(2), the production to the Minister of—

(i) information and documents as the Minister may specify in respect of—

(I) the remuneration that is proposed to be paid to the foreign national on and after such renewal and deductions to be made from such remuneration, and
(II) the remuneration paid to the foreign national in respect of whom such application is made, for all or part of the period commencing on the date on which the employment permit was granted and ending on the date on which such application was made,

(ii) documents, as the Minister may specify, issued by the Revenue Commissioners in relation to the remuneration paid to, and tax paid in respect of such remuneration by, the foreign national in respect of whom such application is made,
(iii) documents, as the Minister may specify, issued by the Revenue Commissioners in relation to the remuneration and tax paid by the connected person, the foreign employer, and contractor,
(iv) information and documents as the Minister may specify in respect of the currencies and exchange rate to be used in the description of the amount of such remuneration and in any computation and statement of remuneration, and
(v) information and documents as the Minister may specify in respect of the translations of any information or document relating to such remuneration, and without prejudice to paragraph (b), the form in which such information is to be provided to the Minister;

(bg) the form of the notification referred to in sections 20A and 20B and the information and documents the Minister may require to satisfy himself or herself—

(i) that, for the purposes of sections 20A and 20B, the dismissal by an employer of a foreign national referred to in section 20A or 20B is a dismissal by reason of redundancy, and
(ii) the date on which the redundancy takes effect;

(bh) without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) and the period specified in regulations under section 10A(8)(f), the period, following the making of the offer of employment that is the subject of the application, within which an application under section 4 shall be made;
(bi) the specification of the minimum period for which a passport referred to in paragraphs (ba) and (bb) shall be in force on the date of an application for the grant, or renewal, of an employment permit;”.”.