Seanad debates

Tuesday, 4 February 2003

Immigration Bill 2002: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage.

 

Senators may point to illegal employees who persuade employers to take them on in casual employment, against employers' better judgment, for example, in circumstances which would not lead to much moral guilt on the part of employers. I can imagine such circumstances but the House should bear in mind that this will be a triable offence when the Bill is enacted. It is fanciful to think that anybody would be put through the ordeal of a trial by jury or exposed to harsher penalties in such circumstances as the Director of Public Prosecutions would, in his wisdom, opt for summary trial and the lesser penalties provided.

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