Seanad debates
Wednesday, 29 January 2003
Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed).
Subsection (2) is new law. It makes it an offence for an employer to employ a non-national to whom this section applies unless the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment has issued an employment permit. I am sure Senators will agree it is right that we should take this legislative opportunity to redress the imbalance that has hitherto existed. It makes no sense that, in the context of what can be seen as an exploitative relationship, the person doing the exploiting should go unpunished.
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