Results 1-20 of 48 for immigration speaker:Damien English

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Visa Applications (13 Dec 2022)

Damien English: ...which is well down from where it was in January, when it was taking four or five months. A major change has happened there. Ireland has a clear division between economic migration and general immigration policies. A recipient of an employment permit undergoes a separate application process with the Department of Justice for a visa to enter the State if they are a citizen of a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Dec 2022)

Damien English: The operation of all immigration stamp permissions, including the Stamp 1G and the conditions applying to the Third Level Graduate Programme, are the policy responsibility of the Department of Justice. A Stamp 1G is granted for 12 months only, except for those individuals who have completed a master’s degree programme, when a further 12 months can be provided subject to conditions. If...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (6 Dec 2022)

Damien English: Under the Employment Permit Acts, in order to work in the State all non-EEA nationals require a valid Employment Permit or relevant immigration permission from the Minister for Justice which allows them to reside and work in the State without the requirement for an Employment Permit. The Irish State’s general policy is to promote the sourcing of labour and skills needs from within...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (23 Nov 2022)

Damien English: ...and contracting in tandem with its inherent fluctuations. Under the Employment Permit Acts, in order to work in the State all non-EEA nationals require a valid Employment Permit or relevant immigration permission from the Minister for Justice which allows them to reside and work in the State without the requirement for an Employment Permit. The Irish State’s general policy is to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (22 Nov 2022)

Damien English: ...in the workplace, to work legally again. A Reactivation Employment Permit can only be offered to someone who previously held an Employment Permit, and therefore cannot be issued to a someone who held immigration permission under the Atypical Working Scheme. However, if a non-EEA national who has lost their employment that was facilitated under the Atypical Working Scheme is a given a new...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (8 Nov 2022)

Damien English: ...On 18thOctober 2022 the application was refused. The refusal reasons included the following: - The information provided indicated that the foreign national was in the State without a valid current immigration permission from the Minister for Justice. - The advertisement for the employment was not placed with the Department of Social Protection/EURES Employment Services for 28 days during...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (8 Nov 2022)

Damien English: ...turnover will be lost if this application were to be processed in its scheduled date order? A 7. Q 8. Is the proposed employee in question a visa required national - Immigration-Service-Delivery-Visa-and-Non-Visa-Required-Coun tries.pdf (irishimmigration.ie)? A 8. Q 9. Is the proposed employee in question already in the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (27 Oct 2022)

Damien English: Ireland has a clear division between economic migration and general immigration policies and thus an applicant for an employment permit undergoes a separate application process with Immigration Service Delivery of the Department of Justice for immigration permission and visas to work in the State. Much has already been done to improve the employment permit system administratively and my...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (25 Oct 2022)

Damien English: ...original employment permit would not be possible to complete within the timeframe allowable as it would require a manual check of all the applications for the sector on the system. Immigration Status 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Stamp 1 - Current Holder of GEP 16 1 34 34 ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (18 Oct 2022)

Damien English: ...permits legislation does not, however, provide for a refund after an employment permit has issued if - such as in this example - for reasons entirely separate from the employment permit process, an immigration permission is refused by the Department of Justice and Equality. Immigration permissions, including the refusal of visas, are a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Justice...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (15 Sep 2022)

Damien English: ...written contract of employment in place, prohibiting deductions from the remuneration of the permit holder for fees incurred in the application process and setting minimum remuneration levels. Immigration and visa permission policy falls under the remit of the Department of Justice and non-EEA nationals seeking permission to enter the State must interact with the Department of Justice...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (15 Sep 2022)

Damien English: .... Doctors who obtain a new multi-site employment permit will be granted a new Stamp 1H from the Department of Justice. At the end of the 2-year period the NCHD will then be able to apply for Stamp 4 immigration permission. This will remove hundreds of doctors from both the Employment Permits and Immigration Service Delivery systems and reduce the administrative burden for the public...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: Under the Employment Permit Acts, in order to work in the State all non-EEA nationals require a valid Employment Permit or relevant immigration permission from the Minister for Justice which allows them to reside and work in the State without the requirement for an Employment Permit. The Irish State’s general policy is to promote the sourcing of labour and skills needs from within the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (19 May 2022)

Damien English: Ireland has a clear division between economic migration and general immigration policies. My Department administers the employment permits legislation and criteria for the granting of employment permit permissions to work in the State. Under the Employment Permits Acts (as amended), in order to work in the State, all non-EEA nationals require a valid employment permit or relevant immigration...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (5 May 2022)

Damien English: ...under the Community Preference principles of membership of the EU. Under the Employment Permit Acts in order to work in the State all non-EEA nationals require a valid employment permit or relevant immigration permission from the Minister for Justice which allows them to reside and work in the State without the requirement for an Employment Permit.   Employment permit policy is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: Under the Employment Permits Acts, in order to work in the State, all non-EEA nationals require a valid employment permit or a relevant immigration permission from the Minister for Justice allowing them to enter the State to reside and work without the requirement for an employment permit. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment administers the employment permits legislation...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: Under the Employment Permit Acts, in order to work in the State all non-EEA nationals require a valid Employment Permit or relevant immigration permission from the Minister for Justice which allows them to reside and work in the State without the requirement for an Employment Permit. The Irish State’s general policy is to promote the sourcing of labour and skills needs from within the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Apr 2022)

Damien English: Under the Employment Permit Acts in order to work in the State all non-EEA nationals require a valid employment permit or relevant immigration permission from the Minister for Justice and Equality which allows them to reside and work in the State without the requirement for an Employment Permit. The Irish State’s general policy is to promote the sourcing of labour and skills needs...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (10 Feb 2022)

Damien English: ...moved quite fast to do that. Ireland was one of the few countries that has managed to keep its employment permit system fully operational throughout the crisis. My Department made an agreement with immigration service delivery in the Department of Justice as a temporary measure, to take soft-copy arrangements for issuing employment permits. From the outset of the crisis, in order to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Work Permits (10 Feb 2022)

Damien English: ...change and we handled it at the time. Ireland is one of the few countries that has managed to keep the employment permit system fully operational throughout the crisis. The Department agreed with the immigration service delivery in the Department of Justice soft-copy arrangements for issuing employment permits as a temporary measure. We tried to respond immediately to the challenges...