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Recruitment Agencies Regulation

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 October 2018

Tuesday, 16 October 2018

Questions (332)

Clare Daly

Question:

332. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 9 October 2018, the steps she can take to widen the legislation regarding licences in view of the fact that the current requirement is contingent on a business operating from a premises in the country at a time when the need of a physical premises has greatly diminished due to advances in technology. [42307/18]

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Written answers

I take it that the Deputy's question relates to the licensing of Employment Agencies.

My Department has no plans to amend the Employment Agency Act 1971. As outlined in my reply of 9 October 2018 to the Deputy, the Employment Agency Act 1971 stipulates that if an employment agency has premises in the State, it must obtain a licence. In order to obtain a licence the premises must conform to the standards of accommodation prescribed by Regulations under the Employment Agency Act 1971 and the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work, Act 2005.

If an employment agency is operating from outside the State, the Employment Agency Act 1971, does not apply. An employment agency operating from outside Ireland, will be subject to the regulation, if any, of the jurisdiction in which it is located.

Ireland’s comprehensive suite of employment rights legislation provides that employee protection extends to agency workers in Ireland, including agency workers posted to Ireland, who have entered into a contract of employment that provides for him or her being employed in the state or who works in the state under a contract of employment.

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