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

Photo of Mary ButlerMary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is a fair point. It is not an inspectorate and Mr. Hogan has said that.

Are there further questions? Can we move the discussion on a little bit? I have a couple of specific questions I would like to ask Dr. Steele and Ms Stanley. I want to keep on point. We are discussing non-EEA crew members on board vessels. Dr. Steele represents the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority while Ms Stanley represents the Naval Service. When they have carried out checks on these vessels, have they ever removed a non-EEA crew member because he was ill or badly treated, or because he looked for help or signalled that there was something amiss? I am trying to get down to the crux of it. Not having the documentation is one thing. Have any of these workers ever signalled that they were being mistreated, were ill or felt they would like to be put to shore? Maybe they were not able to do so.

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