Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

A simple thing has occurred on a few occasions recently. Work permits and visas have been issued above board to an employer in respect of particular employees who may have had to move to another village or town a few miles away because of housing difficulties. Apparently the whole process has to be started again from scratch. They have to go over the whole thing from start to finish which could take three months. It is not feasible from the point of view of either the employers or employees and imposes hardship on them.

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