This legislation will resolve many of the problems that have resulted from the arrival in Ireland of citizens from the accession countries. It will give them the same opportunities when looking for work as citizens of existing member states. It will end the headache faced by both employers and employees when dealing with the procedures involved in acquiring a work permit. What will happen, however, to those persons not from the accession countries or the European economic area? They and their employers will still be bound to a work permit system which will afford to ruthless employers opportunities to abuse the procedure and hire cheap labour to work under often scandalous conditions.