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30-01-2006, 11:11
Am citi ieri un articolas in Sunday Business Post si m-am gindit ca i-ar interesa pe multi. Iata articolul in original:
Government delays permits decision
29 January 2006
By Pat Leahy
The government will not make a decision until autumn on whether to admit workers from Bulgaria and Romania when the countries join the European Union next year.
Amid fears raised by trade unions and Labour leader Pat Rabbitte that workers from eastern Europe are displacing Irish workers, ministers will wait until late in the year to decide whether Romanians and Bulgarians will be allowed come to Ireland to work without permits.
A Labour spokesman said this weekend that it was the party’s view that, if it was shown that Irish workers were being displaced by foreigners, Bulgarians and Romanians should not be freely admitted, but a system of green cards for them should be brought in.
Bulgaria and Romania are due to become members of the EU on January 1, 2007. Under EU principles governing workers’ freedom of movement, their citizens would be entitled to work in Ireland.
However, many EU countries are expected to defer extending full rights for several years.
Every EU country except the Republic of Ireland, Britain and Sweden deferred the opening of their borders when ten central and eastern European countries became members in 2004.
The government will have the option of deferring the opening of the Irish Labour market to Romanian and Bulgarian citizens if it wishes.
It is estimated that more than 150,000 workers from central and eastern Europe have come to Ireland since mid-2004. However, Irish unemployment has not increased suggesting that practically all of the new immigrants have found work.
There are already some Romanians in Ireland, operating under a work permits regime, though the numbers are not large. In 2004-2005, fewer than 3,000 permits were issued to Romanians, according to government figures.
The Irish Ferries case last year fuelled concern among unions about threats to their members’ pay and conditions from the availability of foreign labour.
The case of the Gama workers raised the prospect of the foreign workers being exploited - prompting what the unions have dubbed ‘‘the race to the bottom’’..
Government delays permits decision
29 January 2006
By Pat Leahy
The government will not make a decision until autumn on whether to admit workers from Bulgaria and Romania when the countries join the European Union next year.
Amid fears raised by trade unions and Labour leader Pat Rabbitte that workers from eastern Europe are displacing Irish workers, ministers will wait until late in the year to decide whether Romanians and Bulgarians will be allowed come to Ireland to work without permits.
A Labour spokesman said this weekend that it was the party’s view that, if it was shown that Irish workers were being displaced by foreigners, Bulgarians and Romanians should not be freely admitted, but a system of green cards for them should be brought in.
Bulgaria and Romania are due to become members of the EU on January 1, 2007. Under EU principles governing workers’ freedom of movement, their citizens would be entitled to work in Ireland.
However, many EU countries are expected to defer extending full rights for several years.
Every EU country except the Republic of Ireland, Britain and Sweden deferred the opening of their borders when ten central and eastern European countries became members in 2004.
The government will have the option of deferring the opening of the Irish Labour market to Romanian and Bulgarian citizens if it wishes.
It is estimated that more than 150,000 workers from central and eastern Europe have come to Ireland since mid-2004. However, Irish unemployment has not increased suggesting that practically all of the new immigrants have found work.
There are already some Romanians in Ireland, operating under a work permits regime, though the numbers are not large. In 2004-2005, fewer than 3,000 permits were issued to Romanians, according to government figures.
The Irish Ferries case last year fuelled concern among unions about threats to their members’ pay and conditions from the availability of foreign labour.
The case of the Gama workers raised the prospect of the foreign workers being exploited - prompting what the unions have dubbed ‘‘the race to the bottom’’..