Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

They are authorised officers of my Department so I can activate it. I have had discussions with NERA on this specific issue last week. The GNIB still has a significant role to play because there is a migration aspect to this. A benefit of this Act, which will give us more teeth, is the capacity for the Revenue Commissioners, the Department of Social and Family Affairs and my Department to work collaboratively on a specific sector or a particular company. This has already had an impact, particularly in the construction sector.

The message for anybody out there who wishes to break employment permit or labour law is that we will bring the whole house down on top of them.

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