Results 221-240 of 11,049 for speaker:Damien English

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I move amendment No. 22: In page 46, line 38, to delete “The” and substitute “Subject to section 25, the”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I move amendment No. 23: In page 47, line 24, after “25” to insert “(other than subsection (7))”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I move amendment No. 24: In page 47, line 24, to delete “subsections (3)and (4)” and substitute “subsection (3)”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I move amendment No. 25: In page 48, to delete lines 10 to 21.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I move amendment No. 27: In page 49, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(3) The Minister may, notwithstanding subsection (1)(d), renew an employment permit in respect of an employment that— (a) at the date of the grant of such permit was an employment, specified in regulations under section 40, in respect of which an employment permit may have been granted...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: As I referenced in my opening speech, this an area where we are prepared to see if we can get to a better place. I think we all agree with the sentiments being put forward. We had good discussions at pre-legislative scrutiny, on Second Stage, and with some stakeholders and staff from the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland. I have asked officials to look at this again to see how we can deal with...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: A lot of work, yes.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: Our work on that scheme is ad hoc. There is not a budget set aside for the future. Instead, as a need arises, we open a scheme in conjunction with the Red Cross and allocate funding to it. A request has been made that we strengthen the position across some Departments so that there is a regular and committed fund, but the funding is generally provided for from within own resources. What...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: There will not be a scheme by the end of the year. For all sizes of business under all sorts of pressure with energy, we are constantly looking at new initiatives and supports, at what is happening across Europe and looking at designing new schemes. Will new schemes come forward next year? If they are needed in various sectors, that is something we hope to be in a position to do. None of...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I have to say I agree with the Deputy. I cannot confirm why or how we are not a member. It is not longer within our Department. Rather, it is within the remit of the Department led by the Minister, Deputy Harris. However, we referenced that in our science strategy, innovation 2030 and I believe Impact 2030 does too. Membership of these associations, CERN being one of them and the ESA...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: It may be a misunderstanding.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I move amendment No. 20: In page 45, line 15, to delete “An” and substitute “Subject to section 25, an”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I move amendment No. 26: In page 48, line 40, to delete “without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing” and substitute “subject to subsection (3)”. This amendment to section 32, which provides for additional grounds for refusing to renew an employment permit. Specifically, subsection (1)(d) will be subject to a new subsection (3), which is added by...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I am conscious that Report Stage might be too far, so when we have them ready, even before Report Stage, I am happy to tease through them with people who want to do so because we would like to get it right. We are nearly there but we want to get this right. Again, the Deputy will understand it will take us a little bit of time to adjust our systems to reflect the changes if we do get to...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I move amendment No. 30: In page 51, line 1, to delete “section 17(2)(b),” and substitute “section 17(2)(b) or, where applicable, section 25(1)(c),”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I move amendment No. 31: In page 53, line 19, to delete “If” and substitute “Subject to subsection (6), if”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I move amendment No. 32: In page 54, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “(6) Subsection (1)shall not apply to the termination or cessation of the employment of a foreign national by a public health facility pursuant to an employment permit referred to in section 25(1)(b)where a notification referred to in section 25(2)has been made to the Minister by another public...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: We have yet to do that, but we will keep trying.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Damien English: That is correct. We have been engaging with them for a number of months now to see how we can try to align our processes, streamline them and work closely together. There is no point in one of us achieving a good result and the other Department getting bogged down in the system. It can happen either way. We are trying to align our systems and processes so we can streamline the...