Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the labour market needs test, the review recommended that the duration of the test would be extended to four weeks and that it would be amended to reflect modern advertising methods. I absolutely accept the rationale for these changes. I believe this would apply to the more highly skilled end of things. The Department has laid out some criteria already in that regard. Ms Dunne will appreciate the concern that the employer has made every effort to attempt to give a job to someone who is in the country, and maybe even a person who is on the unemployment register. The Department is considering a four-week period, using modern recruitment practices and working with the Department Employment Affairs and Social Protection.