9. The Act of 2006 is amended by substituting the following section for section 6:

“Application for employment permit: information to be provided

6. An application for an employment permit shall—

(a) provide a full and accurate description of the employment in respect of which the application is made (the ‘employment concerned’) and the terms and conditions, including the hours of work in each week, and the duration, of the employment concerned,

(b) provide information in respect of the qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience that are required for the employment concerned,

(c) provide information and, where required, any relevant documents in respect of the qualifications, skills, knowledge or experience of the foreign national concerned,

(d) specify the place at or in which the employment concerned is to be carried out and, where the employment concerned is to be carried out in more than one place, specify each such place,

(e) specify the remuneration and any deductions, where agreed, for board and accommodation or either of them in respect of the employment concerned,

(f) in respect of the foreign national concerned—

(i) specify whether or not he or she has sought permission to land in the State on a previous occasion or has been in the State on a previous occasion without permission to land,

(ii) where he or she is in the State at the time of the application, provide information and documents, where required by the Minister, relating to the permission granted to him or her to be in the State,

(iii) where he or she is in employment in the State at the time of the application, provide information and documents, where required by the Minister, relating to the permission granted to him or her to be in such employment, and

(iv) provide information as to whether he or she was at any time prior to such application in employment in the State and, where requested by the Minister, provide any information and documents relating to the permission granted to him or her to be in such employment, or, as the case may be, an employment permit granted in respect of that employment,

(g) provide such other information, documents and evidence to verify such information and documents—

(i) as may be prescribed, or

(ii) which the Minister may request and which, in the Minister’s opinion, might materially assist in the making of a decision on the application,

(h) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (g), provide information and documents, as the Minister may request, concerning the offer of employment referred to in section 4(3), and

(i) provide information, documents and evidence in respect of the requirement under section 4(5) in relation to—

(i) the employment, in the period referred to in section 4(5), of any person in the employment that is the subject of the application, and

(ii) the confirmation that such person was not, within such period, dismissed by reason of redundancy from that employment.”.