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

Dara Calleary: How many Report Stage amendments in total are envisaged and when will we see them?

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

Dara Calleary: There will be a handful of amendments to every section, by the looks of it. Is it a Kildare handful or a Cork handful?

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

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 86: In page 27, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:“(8) The Minister shall establish an independent appeals mechanism for persons refused an employment permit under the provisions of subsection (1).”.This amendment aims to open another appeals mechanism for persons who are refused a permit. It would make it possible for an outside body to...

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

Dara Calleary: The intention is not to create an extra layer of bureaucracy but to provide a final arena for assessment in which all of the checks the Minister of State has outlined could be considered by an independent person to ensure they were all covered. The consequences for the status of someone who loses a permit are significant.

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

Dara Calleary: If someone’s application is turned down, there could be a final court. I could include a time limit if the Minister of State wished and resubmit the amendment on Report Stage. The process takes such a long time and the consequences of losing an existing permit are so severe that this would cover all of the angles.

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

Dara Calleary: Yes.

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

Dara Calleary: It would be a higher officer in the Department, somebody with a fresh eye but with a knowledge of the system. I would be happy to return to this issue on Report Stage and clarify it in the meantime.

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

Dara Calleary: How can amendments be consequential on amendments that come afterwards? I imagine something would only be consequential on something that comes before it, would it not?

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

Dara Calleary: I presume the reference in amendment No. 34 to "a course of study" means a course that is regulated through FETAC, as opposed to one that can be established-----

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

Dara Calleary: I want to mention that we intend to propose amendments to section 8 on Report Stage.

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

Dara Calleary: We may table amendments to section 8 on Report Stage.

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

Dara Calleary: Could there be a consequence for others who have nothing to do with the case - colleagues in the workplace - in being drawn in to prove a salary? I might be exploited, but my colleague may be oblivious to this. Could information on terms and conditions be drawn into the court case?

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

Dara Calleary: They may have nothing to do with it, but be drawn in through court documents.

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

Dara Calleary: I do not expect the Minister of State to comment on particular cases but to respond only in general to the point. I have absolute confidence in NERA but despite the fact that there is strong legislation in place in this area, those involved in an exploitative situation such as what we are discussing may not have either the resources or physical ability to utilise this law, particularly...

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

Dara Calleary: The Minister of State referred to the amendments as strengthening the law, particularly for the permit holder and people in exploitative relationships. While this is welcome, but he also referred to the Younis case. Mr. Younis was present during our consideration of this Bill, but he still has not received anything for what he went through. How many work permit exploitation cases have been...

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

Dara Calleary: Could we have that in English, please? What are the practical implications of it? Will there be a danger - a possible unintended consequence - that people employed by multinationals might be affected with regard to temporary placements, which might affect their capacity to come here for training? Will we create a different tier of legislation for people with diplomatic immunity? Will...

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

Dara Calleary: We believe the Minister of State.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (26 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of attachment orders placed by the Revenue Commissioners in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; if he will provide same by month in each year, on a county basis; the amounts that have been collected by the Revenue Commissioners via these orders in each county on a monthly basis in the years requested; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (26 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies on whom an attachment order on company accounts was placed by the Revenue Commissioners, who subsequently went into examinership, receivership, liquidation or ceased trading during 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [27691/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: 46. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide increased resources for the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27057/14]