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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 37: In page 14, to delete lines 14 to 19 and substitute the following:“Supplemental provisions relating to the grant of employment permit for purpose referred to in section 3A(2)(d) 3D. (1) Where a foreign employer requires a foreign national employed by him or her outside the State to carry out duties for, or participate in a training programme provided by, a...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 38: In page 14, to delete lines 20 to 25 and substitute the following:"Supplemental provisions relating to the grant of employment permit for purpose referred to in section 3A(2)(e) 3E. (1) Where, pursuant to the employment outside the State by a contractor of a foreign national, the contractor requires the foreign national to carry out duties in the State that arise out...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 39: In page 15, line 32, to delete "subsection" and substitute "subsections".

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 40: In page 15, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “(5) An application shall not be made for the grant of an employment permit in respect of an employment where, in the 6 months preceding the day on which the application is made—(a) a person was employed in the employment that is the subject of the application, and (b) that person was...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 41: In page 15, to delete line 34 and substitute "(6) Where—".

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 42: In page 17, line 14, to delete "or documents" and substitute ", documents and evidence to verify such information and documents".

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 43: In page 17, to delete line 19.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 44: In page 17, line 22, to delete "section 4(3)."." and substitute "section 4(3), and".

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 45: In page 17, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:"(i) provide the Minister with information, documents and evidence, as to whether, in respect of section 4(5)—(i) a person was, in the period referred to in section 4(5), employed in the employment that is the subject of the application, and (ii) that person was not, within such period, dismissed by...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: This amendment to amend section 8 of the Bill will insert a new subsection (i) into section 6 of the 2006 Act to require that information, documents and evidence pertaining to a position that was the subject of a redundancy be submitted upon application. To provide greater context, this goes back to previous amendments. Amendments Nos. 18 and 19, respectively, define the date of dismissal...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: The reactivation employment permit scheme would have to take account of the circumstances described by the Deputy where, through no fault of his or her own, a person's relationship has broken down. We are trying to deal with their situation humanely.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: No. There is no labour market needs test. The statutory provisions still apply. To be clear, a labour market needs test is not required for a reactivation employment permit. For the record, the main criterion to be applied to reactivation is that the remuneration must be the national minimum wage or higher. This applies to applications for employment permits in respect of all occupations...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: As long as they meet the conditions, yes, absolutely. There is an understanding that people who come into the country put down roots and have families. They are embedded in the community. Should the relationship break down, there is a sense that it will be dealt with humanely, allowing for all factors to be taken into consideration.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 29: In page 11, lines 28 and 29, to delete “in employments that”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 30: In page 11, line 30, to delete “are” and substitute “in employments that are”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 31: In page 11, line 33, to delete “require” and substitute “in employments that require”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: The conditions pertaining to the issue of a permit under the new section 3A are all mandatory. This is to deter abuses of the proposed reactivation employment permit. An application cannot be considered if the foreign national does not meet all of the criteria. Deputy Tóibín's amendment would result in an additional mandatory provision that very few foreign nationals would be...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: There is a provision in the legislation to allow for the Minister to take the case.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: The answer to the Deputy's query is yes, a case can be made to the Minister.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Seán Sherlock: To ensure there is no ambiguity, in saying that a case can be made to the Minister, I mean that a case can be made from a legislative perspective through the National Employment Rights Authority, NERA. That is not cumbersome. We are not talking about the Minister's private office.