Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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I move amendment No. 13:

In page 28, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “(4) An employment permit shall include a contact list of the recognised trade unions operating in the sector in which the employment permit has been issued, contact details for the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, and contact details for the Workplace Relations Commission.”.

This amendment is straightforward and technical. I see absolutely no reason for anyone to oppose it. I suspect I am about to hear one but we will go with it anyway. It is to facilitate the inclusion on the employment permit the contact list of the recognised trade unions operating in the sector in which the employment permit has been issued, contact details for the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, and contact details for the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC. Basically, these are places where workers, particularly vulnerable and migrant workers and the kind of workers we are specifically talking about, can go to get some assistance in vindicating their rights at work. We have had a lot of chat this morning in relation to protecting workers. This is a very practical step that could be taken to facilitate those workers in vindicating their rights at work.