Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 82:

In page 27, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:“(1J) The Minister, in the case of an application for an employment permit for the purpose referred to in paragraph (d) or (e) of section 3A(2), shall—

(a) without prejudice to subsection (1)(j), refuse to grant an employment permit if the Minister is satisfied that the hourly rate of the remuneration, in so far as it relates to the salary to be paid to the foreign national, is less than the national minimum hourly rate of pay or, where appropriate to the employment in respect of which the application is made, the hourly rate referred to in subsection (6) (b),
(b) refuse to grant an employment permit where the connected person did not provide the information and documents referred to in section 3D(4) or the contractor did not provide the information and documents referred to in section 3E(4), or
(c) refuse to grant an employment permit where the Minister is not satisfied with the arrangements for the additional payment referred to in section 3D(4)(g) or, as the case may be, section 3E(4)(g).

(1K) The Minister shall refuse to grant an employment permit where he or she is satisfied that in the 6 months preceding the day on which the application was made—

(a) a person was employed in the employment that is the subject of the application, and
(b) that person was dismissed by reason of redundancy from that employment.”.”.