PARLIAMENT

Hon. Anuradha Jayaratne, Attorney at Law,—To ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism,— (1)

(a) Will he inform this House —

(i) of the number of jobs made available to Sri Lanka by the Israeli Government;

(ii) of the number of such jobs in each sector, namely agriculture, construction, hospitality and manufacturing, separately;

(iii) of the number of Sri Lankans who have been sent to Israel for employment so far;

(iv) whether he is aware that about 2400 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, of the reasons for that;

(vi) of the measures that have been taken to send them to Israel for employment expeditiously?

(b) If not, why?