Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 September 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 pm
Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Perhaps the witness could look at this letter. This is a letter from the European Union sectoral social dialogue committee, signed by both the employer's organisation of fishers and the worker's organisation, and it agrees that migrant fishers are subject to, I quote, "Abuse of vulnerability, deception, restriction of movement, isolation, intimidation and threats, retention of identity documents, withholding of wages, debt bondage, abusive working and living conditions, and excessive overtime". It is signed by the employer's organisation as well as the employee's organisation. The witness needs to come out of the fog and recognise that there is a major problem with undocumented non-EEA workers. It is here.
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