The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa
Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa requested two weeks to provide answers to the question on Israeli job opportunities for Sri Lankans. The question was ordered to stand down, with details sought on sector-wise vacancies, numbers already deployed, delays affecting about 2,400 qualified applicants, reasons for the delay, and measures to expedite their employment in Israel.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, I request two weeks to provide answers to that Question.
¶ 02 Question ordered to stand down.
¶ 03 Second round.
¶ 04 JOB OPPORTUNITIES BY ISRAEL: DETAILS
¶ 05 499/2025
¶ 06 3. The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka (on behalf of the Hon. Anuradha Jayaratne, Attorney-at-Law) asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism:
¶ 07 (a) Will he inform this House - (i) the number of jobs made available to Sri Lanka by the Israeli Government; (ii) the number of such jobs in each sector, namely agriculture, construction, hospitality and manufacturing, separately; (iii) the number of Sri Lankans who have been sent to Israel for employment so far; (iv) whether he is aware that about 2,400 applicants have not been sent to Israel for employment so far even though almost a year has elapsed since they passed all the tests and obtained medical reports; (v) if so, the reasons for that; (vi) the measures that have been taken to send them to Israel for employment expeditiously? (b) If not, why?
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 April 2025. No. 1747807095041246. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/3830