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Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 106: In page 87, line 17, after "21," to insert "24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 25,"

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Deputy for this proposed amendment, and I assure her that I still am a member of a trade union and will continue to be. I am delighted to see my own union accepting the results of the public pay talks. Regarding this issue, as the Deputy has already alluded to, my predecessor had instructed officials to investigate this issue following debate on Committee Stage. Officials have...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 28: In page 32, line 9, to delete “evidence” and substitute “such evidence".

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 29: In page 36, to delete lines 12 to 16 and substitute the following: “(ii) where appropriate, the hourly rate referred to in subsection (3), and additional payment referred to in subsection (3) is to be made, the amount of the additional payment to be made by the contractor or the subcontractor to the foreign national for the period for which the...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 30: In page 37, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “Change of employer: application and approval of change 25. (1) This section applies where— (a) a general employment permit or a critical skills employment permit has been granted to a foreign national, (b) a prescribed period has elapsed since the foreign national first commenced...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: This amendment would add a new provision to the Bill that would effectively blacklist employers for any WRC breaches, not just conviction through the courts. This would represent a major change to the labour market enforcement system as it applies to the third-country nationals employed under an employment permit. It is not the intention of the employment permits legislation to lock...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 32: In page 39, line 36, to delete “section” and substitute “sections”.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 33: In page 40, line 23, to delete “12 months” and substitute “a period to be prescribed (which period shall be not less than 6 and not more than 12 months) Amendment No. 33 is a technical amendment which removes the 12-month minimum requirement to be with the first employer and inserts provision for the period to be prescribed, subject to a...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 34: In page 42, line 8, to delete “board (or either of them) for” and substitute “board, or either of them, for”.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 35: In page 42, line 12, to delete “insurance, in” and substitute “insurance in”.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 36: In page 42, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: “(7) In the case of an application for a seasonal employment permit, the Minister may refuse to grant an employment permit if, in the opinion of the Minister, the approved seasonal employer has not made appropriate arrangements— (a) to provide appropriate accommodation for the foreign...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 37: In page 42, line 39, to delete “where such person”.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 38: In page 42, line 39, after “2014,” to insert “and”.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 39: In page 42, line 41, to delete “those Acts” and substitute “that Act”.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 40: In page 43, line 3, to delete “where such person”.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 41: In page 43, line 4, after “1907,” to insert “and”.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 42: In page 43, line 6, to delete “where such person”.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 43: In page 43, line 7, to delete “Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1893 to 1978,” and substitute “Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1893 to 2021, and”.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 44: In page 43, line 9, to delete “where such person”.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move amendment No. 45: In page 43, lines 9 and 10, to delete “Friendly Societies Acts 1896 to 1977,” and substitute “Friendly Societies Acts 1896 to 2021, and”.