Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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The rationale for this is very simple. It is to shift more power to the worker as opposed to the employer. It gives workers mobility and the ability to walk away from a bad exploitative employer and move somewhere else without all of the barriers that currently exist. It would reward good employers because it would mean people would stay with them as a consequence of them being good employers, it would be an incentive for them to be good employers, and it would prevent a race to the bottom. It does not fundamentally alter the nature of the employment permit system. Instead, it just strengthens the relative position of the workers within this. I am interested in hearing the Minister of State's response.