Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I submitted an amendment with regard to a non-EEA national. I hope the Minister accepts that the term "non-EEA national" describes more accurately the person to whom the Bill will apply because people within the EEA area will clearly not require work permits. Therefore, that would be the more relevant amendment.

Amendment No. 18 proposes to delete, in page 6, line 17, the definition which "has the meaning assigned to it by the Act of 2003" and proposes the insertion of, "means a person who is not a citizen of a member state of the EEA". The Minister of State has not tabled an amendment which would effect the definition in the 2003 Act. As it stands, if the Minister's amendment is carried, that Act would be inaccurate, if not meaningless, because it defines non-national but does not provide a definition of a foreign national. I ask the Minister of State to address the question of whether an amendment is required to deal with that description.

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