Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 17:

In page 37, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “Employment of non-consultant hospital doctors by public health facility

25.(1) Where an application is made for the grant or renewal of an employment permit in respect of the employment of a foreign national as a non-consultant hospital doctor by a public health facility—

(a) the application shall be made by the public health facility proposing to employ the foreign national concerned,

(b) the period for which the foreign national concerned may be employed in the State pursuant to an employment permit granted or renewed in respect of such an application shall be a period of 2 years, and

(c) an employment permit referred to in paragraph (b)shall operate to permit the employment in the State of the foreign national concerned as a non-consultant hospital doctor by—

(i) the public health facility who made the application, or

(ii) any other public health facility who has made a notification to the Minister undersubsection (2).

(2) Where, during the period for which an employment permit referred to in subsection (1)(b) is in force—

(a) the employment of the foreign national by a public health facility referred to in subsection (1)(c)(i)or (ii), for whatever reason, ceases, and

(b) another public health facility proposes to employ the foreign national as a non-consultant hospital doctor pursuant to such employment permit,

the public health facility referred to in paragraph (b)shall, within such period as may be prescribed in advance of the date of commencement of the proposed employment, notify the Minister of the matters referred to in subsection (3).

(3) A notification referred to in subsection (2)shall specify—

(a) the name of the public health facility proposing to employ the foreign national,

(b) the place at or in which the employment concerned is to be carried out,

(c) the terms and conditions, including the hours of work in each week, and the duration, of the employment concerned, and

(d) the remuneration and any deductions, where agreed, for board and accommodation or either of them in respect of the employment concerned.

(4) Upon receipt of a notification referred to in subsection (2), the Minister—

(a) may request such information and documents, as may be specified in regulations under section 43, in respect of the matters referred to in subsection (3),

(b) shall amend the particulars contained in the register in respect of the employment permit concerned to reflect the matters referred to in subsection (3)(a) and (b), and

(c) may, upon request made to him or her by the foreign national or the public health facility who made the notification, issue to the person who made the request an amended employment permit to reflect the matters referred to in subsection (3).

(5) In this section, “public health facility” means a publicly funded hospital or health facility, other than a nursing home, that provides services under Chapter II of Part IV of the Health Act 1970.”.