Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 56:

In page 58, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following:"(10) Where an employer has failed to provide a P45 or other relevant document to a foreign national to whom an employment permit in respect of the purpose referred to in section 3A(2)(a) has been granted further to a dismissal by reason of redundancy within the meaning of section 7(2) of the Act of 1967 the Minister shall be responsible for acquiring such documentation from the employer.".

In most cases where there is an insolvency - when a business collapses and things go wrong - decent employers or human resources managers will do their best to ensure staff would have everything they need to proceed through the chain, whether that is to another job, social welfare or an application for a permit, etc. There are occasions when this does not happen and the collapse of a business leads to complete confusion, with people not fulfilling their responsibilities.

In such a case this amendment seeks to ensure the trading organisation would provide a permit holder with the necessary documentation to enable him or her to normalise an application. As the Department would already have a relationship with the employer, it should be used to ensure the appropriate documentation is received. The authority of the Minister and the Department would exceed the authority of a foreign national in the State who may have very little English or knowledge of infrastructure of the State, etc. Will the Minister support the amendment?

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