Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2024-05-22
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Emer Higgins (FG), Dublin Mid-West

If the Senator sends me details of that particular case, I will look into it for him.
On the issue raised by Senator Dooley, as he said, this can be dealt with by regulation. It is something that we can examine for him. We want to make sure we have an efficient and fair system but, ultimately, this always comes down to the guardrails, and the guardrails are that 50:50 rule, which is that there is always a preference for domestic and EEA workers. That is always going to be central to our policy.
With regard to permits that were granted and issued, that work is carried out by my Department. I am happy to engage with both Senators on this going forward.

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Sitting date: 2024-05-22