Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 97:

In page 31, to delete lines 33 to 41, and in page 32, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following:"(3) Section 14 of the Act of 2006 is amended by substituting the following subsections for subsection (2):

"(2) In regulations under subsection (1) the Minister may, having regard to sections 3A and 14A and the matters specified in section 15, provide, in respect of each class of employment permit referred to in subsection (1), for—

(a) one or more of the matters specified in subsection (1A) other than the matters specified in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) of that subsection, and
(b) any matter specified in subsections (1B) and (1D) to (1H),

in relation to the renewal, under section 20, of an employment permit and may, for each such class of employment permit in such regulations, make provision for such classes of employment permit in relation to any of the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) in relation to such renewal that is different to the provision made by the Minister in relation to the grant of an employment permit under section 8 and may, in such regulations, make different provision for such classes of employment permit and such matters in relation to different cases and different classes of cases and different circumstances or different classes of circumstances.
(2A) The following modifications apply in respect of the regulations referred to in subsection (2):

(a) the substitution of references to an application for the renewal of an employment permit for references to an application for the grant of an employment permit;
(b) the substitution of references to a condition for the grant of the renewal of an employment permit for references to a condition for the grant of an employment permit;
(c) the substitution of references to the grant of the renewal of an employment permit for the grant of an employment permit.".".