Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 75:

In page 61, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following: "(7) When making regulations under subsection (1)in respect of a seasonal employment permit, the Minister, in addition to providing for any of the matters specified in subsection (2)for that class of employment permit, shall specify—

(a)the period or periods each year during which a person may make an application for approval as an approved seasonal employer under section 10(1),

(b)the maximum number of approved seasonal employers that may stand approved by the Minister, and

(c)the minimum number of foreign nationals to be employed by an approved seasonal employer under a seasonal employment permit during the period for which the approved seasonal employer is approved under section 10(5),

and may make different provision in respect of different employments or categories of such employments and such employments or such categories may be provided for on the basis of one or more economic sectors into which they fall.".

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