Employment Permits Act 2024
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Number 17 of 2024 | ||
EMPLOYMENT PERMITS ACT 2024 | ||
CONTENTS | ||
Preliminary and General | ||
Section | ||
Employment in State of Foreign Nationals | ||
Prohibition on employment in State without employment permit | ||
8. Non-application of section 7 to certain foreign nationals | ||
Purposes for which employment permits may be granted | ||
Approved seasonal employer | ||
Application for employment permit | ||
14. Foreign nationals who may apply for dependant employment permit | ||
17. Consultation by Minister in respect of certain applications | ||
Grant of employment permit | ||
20. Cancellation of previous employment permit still in force | ||
21. Issue of employment permit, information to be specified in permit, etc. | ||
23. Establishing need for grant of certain employment permits | ||
24. Conditions of grant of intra-company transfer employment permit | ||
25. Conditions of grant of contract for service employment permit | ||
26. Change of ownership of business: change to name of employer, connected person or relevant person | ||
29. Change of approved seasonal employer: application and approval of change | ||
30. Change of approved seasonal employer: refusal to approve change | ||
Refusal to grant employment permit | ||
Renewal of employment permit | ||
38. Application of certain sections to renewal of employment permit | ||
39. Additional grounds for refusing renewal of employment permit | ||
Cessation of employment permit | ||
Redundancy of certain permit holders | ||
46. Information, documents, supplementary provisions relating to redundancy | ||
Regulations Relating to Employment Permits | ||
50. Regulations governing procedure in relation to applications for employment permits, etc. | ||
Enforcement, Offences and Penalties | ||
53. Prohibition on forgery, fraudulent alteration or fraudulent use of employment permit | ||
55. Prohibition on deduction from remuneration and retention of personal documents | ||
Miscellaneous | ||
Transitional Provisions | ||
70. Continuation in force of employment permits granted under Act of 2006 | ||
71. Applications for grant or renewal of employment permits under Act of 2006 | ||
Consequential Amendments | ||
76. Amendment of section 17(2) of Employment Equality Act 1998 | ||
Enactments Offences Under which Fall within Sections 33(1)(c) and 40(1)(b) | ||
Redress for Contravention of Section 60(3) | ||
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Acts Referred to | ||
Bankruptcy Act 1988 (No. 27) | ||
Carer’s Leave Act 2001 (No. 19) | ||
Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24) | ||
Companies Act 2014 (No. 38) | ||
Employment Agency Act 1971 (No. 27) | ||
Employment Equality Act 1998 (No. 21) | ||
Employment Permits Act 2003 (No. 7) | ||
Employment Permits Act 2006 (No. 16) | ||
European Communities Acts 1972 to 2012 | ||
Friendly Societies Acts 1896 to 2021 | ||
Health Insurance Act 1994 (No. 16) | ||
Immigration Act 1999 (No. 22) | ||
Immigration Act 2004 (No. 1) | ||
Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1893 to 2021 | ||
International Protection Act 2015 (No. 66) | ||
Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23) | ||
Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c.24) | ||
Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (No. 25) | ||
National Minimum Wage Act 2000 (No. 5) | ||
Payment of Wages Act 1991 (No. 25) | ||
Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict., c.93) | ||
Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (No. 14) | ||
Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007 (No. 27) | ||
Redundancy Payments Act 1967 (No. 21) | ||
Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39) | ||
Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1990 | ||
Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 (No. 10) | ||
Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015 | ||
Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16) | ||
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Number 17 of 2024 | ||
EMPLOYMENT PERMITS ACT 2024 | ||
An Act to provide for the grant of employment permits to certain foreign nationals for the purpose of permitting such persons to be in employment in the State; to prohibit the employment in the State of certain foreign nationals who do not have such permits; to impose certain restrictions and conditions in respect of the grant of such permits; to enable the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to make, having regard to certain matters, regulations to impose certain other restrictions and conditions in respect of the grant of such permits; to provide for the enforcement of provisions of this Act and the imposition of penalties for contraventions of this Act; to provide for civil proceedings to recompense certain foreign nationals for work done or services rendered in certain circumstances; to otherwise regulate the employment in the State of certain foreign nationals; to repeal the Employment Permits Act 2003 and the Employment Permits Act 2006 ; to provide for consequential amendment to certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters. | ||
[25th June, 2024] | ||
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: |
