Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 182:

In page 49, to delete lines 2 to 8 and substitute the following:“(2F) Without prejudice to subsections (1) and (2), in regulations under this section the Minister may provide for the production to the Minister, within a specified period, of information, documents and evidence to verify such information and documents, with an application for the grant or renewal of an employment permit concerning—

(a) compliance by a person who makes an offer of employment with an enactment, as the Minister may specify in the regulations, with which compliance is required by such person in order to carry on his or her business,
(b) compliance by a contractor, relevant person or connected person with an enactment, as the Minister may specify in the regulations, with which compliance is required by such contractor, relevant person or connected person in order to carry on his or her business,
(c) compliance by a person who makes an offer of employment with a requirement, as the Minister may specify in the regulations, with which compliance is required by such person in order to carry on his or her business, and
(d) without prejudice to paragraphs (a) and (b), compliance by a person who made the offer of employment, a contractor or connected person with the Act of 1997 that is in addition to the documents and evidence that may be specified in regulations under this section under subsections (2)(bc)(i) and (2)(bd), and the Minister may make different provision for different cases and different classes of cases and different circumstances and different classes of circumstances.

(2G) Without prejudice to subsection (1), when prescribing any fee payable in respect of an application for the grant, or renewal, of an employment permit, the Minister, having regard to the different purposes referred to in section 3A(2), may—

(a) make different provision for such fee, and
(b) provide for the procedure for the payment of such fee,

and may make different provision for different cases and different classes of cases and different circumstances and different classes of circumstances.”.”.