Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 33:

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The internship employment permit is designed to facilitate the employment in the State of foreign nationals who are full-time students enrolled in a third-level institution outside the State for the purpose of gaining work experience. Amendments No. 33 and 35 are consequential to amendment No. 34. Amendment No. 34 ensures this type of permit is expressly linked to skills shortages clearly identified by the expert group on future skills needs. Amendment No. 36 restricts its duration to a period of 12 months. Amendment No. 77 is consequential to amendment No. 78, which enables the Minister to refuse to grant an internship employment permit if he or she is not satisfied that the course or the employment in question relates to skills that are designated by regulations and clearly identified by the expert group on future skills needs to be in short supply. Amendment No. 79 is consequential to amendment No. 78. Amendment No. 80 provides for the 12-month duration of an internship employment permit. I am considering further minor amendments to section 6 of the Bill. I will revert to the Dáil on the matter on Report Stage.