These Regulations amend the Employment Permits Regulations 2017 to provide for employment permits for sea fishers in the Irish fishing fleet. The Regulations stipulate the specific information and documentation required for fishers, including, inter alia, particulars related to the Fisherman’s Work Agreement, details required of periodic payments of minimum annual remuneration, information on deductions from pay, including for the provision of food or accommodation by the employer while on the fishing vessel, a certified translation of the agreement or contract in a language comprehensible to the sea fisher, and a copy of a declaration of the person who makes the offer of employment that the foreign national will be enrolled in a Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) Safety Training Scheme prior to commencement of employment in accordance with the Fishing Vessel (Basic Safety Training) Regulations 2001.
The Regulations provide for a maximum number of 150 permits to be issued to foreign national sea fishers from 2 July 2024.
Other minor amendments are made to the Schedules of the 2017 Regulations.
