Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 103:

In page 85, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:

"Atypical Working Scheme for Nurses

58.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, where a foreign national— (a) has been offered a contract of employment to work as a nurse in the State, and

(b) has been given leave to enter the State pursuant to the scheme established by the Minister for Justice known as the Atypical Working Scheme for Nurses, for the purpose of completing a clinical adaptation programme or aptitude test as specified in the scheme,

the foreign national is deemed to have been given a general employment permit of one year’s duration.

(2)A general employment permit deemed to have been given under subsection (1)—

(a) does not entitle the foreign national, unless and until he or she is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland to do so, to work as a nurse, and (b) entitles the foreign national to work—

(i) in an employment that is ancillary to employment as a nurse (such as a healthcare assistant), where registration pursuant to any enactment is not a condition of such employment, and (ii) in a different employment that—

(I)is specified in regulations undersection 40as an employment for which a general employment permit may be granted, or

(II)is not an employment that is specified in such regulations as an employment for which a general employment permit shall not be granted or that falls within a category of employment for which such an employment permit shall not be granted.

(3)A foreign national to whom this section applies shall notify the Minister of the commencement of any employment concerned, within a prescribed period and the notification shall be in such form and include such information as may be prescribed.".

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