Dr. Kara McGann:

We echo the importance of enforcement of the conditions and rules around permits. We also have to remember that the vast majority of employers are going into this in good faith and are treating their employees correctly. Tarring everybody with the same brush is not useful in this particular conversation. Many employers are looking to increase the number of employees they are taking from Ireland and the EEA before they go into the permit system at all but also to adhere to all the principles set within it. From an enforcement perspective that makes sense, but we cannot tar everybody with the same brush.