Employment Permits Bill 2003

Public bill · Government · Presented

The Employment Permits Bill 2003 would require most non-Irish nationals to have an employment permit to work in Ireland, while making it an offence for employers or workers to ignore that requirement and introducing penalties. It would give nationals of countries joining the EU in 2004 free access to the Irish labour market, but allow permits to be required again temporarily if their arrival seriously disrupted employment.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the grant of employment permits in respect of non-nationals, to prohibit the employment of non-nationals who do not have such permits, to provide for the grant of such permits in respect of nationals of certain states under certain circumstances and to provide for related matters

Last updated 16 April 2018