Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 June 2014

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage

11:00 am

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I take the Minister of State's point that some of the definitions are outside of the remit of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. However, he is asking us to allow a situation whereby individuals in a healthy relationship come to this State in good faith to take up particular role, deliver on their responsibilities, have a family and put down roots of some sort. Then, if through no fault of their own, the relationship breaks down, their economic future and that of their children is completely destabilised. I understand that reactivation is a possibility for some of these individuals but I imagine that the reactivation process also takes into consideration sector-specific needs. What if the skills-set of the individual does not suit the sectors catered for in the legislation? Will these individuals still be able to seek reactivation?

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