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Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Second Stage. (24 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: We will be all the better for that.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Second Stage. (24 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: There should be portability for employees.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I support all my colleagues who have raised the matter under discussion on foot of yesterday's High Court decision. As Members are all aware, yesterday's High Court decision was merely consequential to the Supreme Court decision. Hence, there has been an amazing gap and breakdown in communication. Undoubtedly, while the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is an eminent and capable...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 8, lines 27 to 31, to delete subsection (3). I welcome the Minister to the House. These amendments seek to deal with the restrictions the Minister is putting on work permits. While sections 3 to 6, inclusive, cover the application for an employment permit by a prospective employer or a non-national, if an employer applies he or she must show the offer of...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I have an amendment to section 8, which I will come to later.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I take the Minister's point, but another section provides that where an employer applies for a permit the period shall be for 12 months or less, while where the prospective non-national employee applies it shall be for a two-year period or longer as provided under section 13. This might put an unnecessary administrative burden on employers who have to apply on a number of occasions. The...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I move amendment No. 3: In page 9, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following subsection: "(2) In respect of answers, by a foreign national in an application for an employment permit, given in paragraph (f)(i) of this section, nothing shall automatically disqualify an applicant from gaining an employment in and of itself, but may be taken into account when his or her application is being...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I apologise.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: Point taken.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 9, line 14, to delete "concerned" and substitute "in respect of which an application for an employment permit is made".

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I move amendment No. 11: In page 11, subsection (2), lines 21 to 25, to delete paragraph (c) and substitute the following: "(c) a statement— (i) of the requirement under the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 that the foreign national concerned be paid at least the national minimum hourly rate of pay by his or her employer and the effect of subsections (1), (3) and (4) of section 22, or (ii)...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I move amendment No. 14: In page 14, before section 13, to insert the following new section: 13.—(1) Where the grant of an employment permit is refused under section 11 of this Act, applicants for employment permits may appeal such a decision by way of either— (a) the mechanism set out in the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967-2003 for such appeals, or (b) the process set out in the Protection...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I move amendment No. 15: In page 16, before section 16, to insert the following new section: "16.—The Minister may make regulations to allow any one of the following to join a foreign national employment permit holder: (a) his or her spouse or partner; (b) his or her children; (c) any other members of his or her family.".

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: Perhaps the Minister might comment briefly on this section.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I move amendment No. 22: In page 23, before section 25, to insert the following new section: 25.—(1) Whereupon the employment permit of a foreign national who is not (a) a citizen of a European Union, (b) a citizen of a European Economic Area country, or (c) in possession of any permit that allows him or her to remain legally within the State, expires or is revoked, he or she shall cease to...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: On the basis that the Minister has assured the House that the question would be more relevant to upcoming legislation, perhaps we should await it.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I would like to hear the Minister speak briefly on the section.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I surprise myself at times.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I agree with that and I said so on Second Stage, that is why I was slightly confused.