Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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It is the latter. It is on behalf of the client company.

We oppose the Deputy's suggestion to amend the section. We regard the development agencies, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, as world leading organisations that do great work on behalf of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. They have significant expertise in this area. The Government trusts them to deliver on their mission of attracting business to Ireland and helping businesses grow. Both agencies have been very successful in their mission. The recommendations they provide on individual employment permits are carefully considered and limited in number but are very important for their clients. Amending the section would have negative implications for IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland in terms of them delivering their objectives and on our work with them.