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Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 71:In page 69, line 22, to delete “permit” and substitute “permit,”.Amendments Nos. 71 to 73 are drafting and technical amendments to new subsection (2A) inserted into section 29 of the Act of 2006 by section 29 of the Bill.

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 72:In page 69, line 26, to delete “and”.

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 73:In page 69, line 27, to delete “for” and substitute the following:“in the case of an application for the grant or renewal of an employment permit for the purposes referred to in paragraphs (d) and (e) of section 3A(2),”.

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 74:In page 69, to delete lines 38 to 42, and in page 70, to delete line 1 and substitute the following:“(2B) Without prejudice to the generality of subsections (1) and (2), regulations under this section may provide for the production to the Minister, in respect of the grant or renewal of an employment permit for the purpose referred to in section 3A(2)(b), of...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 75:In page 71, line 27, to delete “within a specified period,” and substitute “with an application under section 4,”.

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 76:In page 72, to delete lines 24 to 28 and substitute the following:“(2F) Without prejudice to subsections (1) and (2), in regulations under this section the Minister may provide for the production to the Minister, with an application for the grant or renewal of an employment permit, of information, documents and evidence to verify such information and documents...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 77:In page 73, line 4, to delete “under this section”.

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 78:In page 73, to delete lines 9 to 17 and substitute the following: “(2G) In regulations under this section the Minister may provide for the procedure for the payment of any fee that is to accompany an application for the grant or renewal of an employment permit.”.”.This is a technical amendment to new subsection (2G) inserted into section 29 of the...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 79:In page 74, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “PART 4 AMENDMENT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (TRAFFICKING) ACT 2000Amendment of Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000 34.(1) The Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000 is amended by substituting the following section for section 5:“Judicial review 5.(1) A person shall not question the...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 80:In page 74, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “PART 5* AMENDMENT OF IMMIGRATION ACT 2004 AND ALIENS ORDER 1946Amendment of Immigration Act 2004 35.The Immigration Act 2004 is amended—(a) in section 1, by deleting the definitions of “registration district” and “registration officer” and substituting the...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 81:In page 74, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:“Amendment of Aliens Order 1946 36. The Aliens Order 1946 (S.R. and O. No. 395 of 1946) is amended—(a) by substituting the following definitions for the definitions of “registration district” and “registration officer”:“the expression ‘registration...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 82:In page 75, to delete lines 27 to 33 and substitute the following:“(5) Where, before the coming into operation of this section an application has been made for the grant of an employment permit but a decision in respect of the application has not been made by the Minister, then the application (other than an application referred to in subsection (6)*) shall be...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Fifth Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Deputies. There were unfortunately many detailed technical amendments on Report Stage, arising from the increasing obligation to have primary legislation to contain all the details, rather than rely on secondary regulations, which was a feature in the past. It requires, therefore, a level of perfection of the detailed regulatory provision in the House. I apologise to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: Attached in tabular format is the information requested by the Deputy in relation to the Southern-nominated members of InterTradeIreland’s Board. By way of background, InterTradeIreland (ITI) is co-funded by my Department and the Northern Ireland Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment. It has twelve Board members, including Chairperson and Vice Chair, six of whom are nominated...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Sick Leave (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in tabular form below . Sick Days 2011 2012 2013 2014 (to 30th June) Total Number of Sick Days 10,223 8,302 8,155 4,058 CERTIFIED 9264 7,521 7,518 3,713 UNCERTIFIED 959 781 637 345 Long Term Absence (20+ days) 5,263 3,646 3,395 1,564

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consultancy Contracts Data (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: The names of external consultant reports commissioned by my Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the name of the external consultant; the title of the report and the publication date are as follows:- January to end June 2014 Name of external Consultant/Organisation Report Title Cost of Report € Publication Date Ward Solutions ICT security reviews 26,783...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: There is no record in my Department of a work permit application in respect of the person named by the Deputy. There is no record of a work permit having previously been held by this person.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: My Department is responsible for the issuing of employment permits. The person named by the Deputy holds a current work permit valid from 4 November 2013 and is valid for an unlimited period. In addition the person held employment permits from 3 November 2006 to 3 November 2013. I understand that on foot of this permit history the person was issued with an immigration stamp 4 that allows for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (3 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: A notification of a decision to revoke the employment permit in accordance with Section 16 (2) of the Employment Permits Act 2006 issued to the person named by the Deputy and to his employer on 15 May 2014. This letter informed them that the decision to revoke the permit could be submitted to the Minister for review within 28 days. Under Sections 16 (3) of the Act a decision to revoke an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (8 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: During the Irish Presidency in June 2013, I secured the agreement of all trade ministers in the Council to formally open these negotiations with the US on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The EU Commission is the actual negotiator on behalf of the EU, with the framework set by the Council of Ministers. The EU Commission is obliged to consult the Council on all...