Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 57:

In page 20, to delete lines 24 to 28 and substitute the following:“(2) Subject to subsections (6) and (7), the Minister shall not grant an employment permit referred to in subsection (1) unless the Minister is satisfied that a notice of the offer of the employment that is the subject of the application has been published in accordance with this section before the application referred to in subsection (1) is made and the application is made within the period referred to in subsection (5).”.

The labour market needs test, LMNT, seeks to ensure an offer of employment is first made to persons already in the local and European economic area, EEA, labour markets before an application is made for an employment permit to employ a non-EEA national. This supports Government policy to ensure Irish and EEA nationals currently in the labour market are the first cohort employers should look to. Amendments Nos. 57 to 60, inclusive, are technical. Amendment No. 62 is also technical. Amendment No. 63 is a drafting amendment. Amendments Nos. 64, 65, 69 and 70 are technical and consequential to amendment No. 62. Amendments Nos. 66 and 68 are drafting amendments and replace the word “advertise” with the term “publish a notice”. Amendment No. 67 describes what Ministers can set out in the regulations.