Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)

We have developed a vacancy-driven employment permit system. We are happy that there are controls on permits in place. The issue of charging people who must change for whatever reason, particularly those in an abusive relationship, is one that I am willing to consider but the system we have in place has evolved and we made substantial changes thereto in June 2009 to reflect current market conditions. One should remember the system cannot operate in isolation from our current labour market conditions.

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