Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 September 2013
Public Accounts Committee
Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland
12:00 pm
Mr. Barry O'Leary:
There were changes made that would allow for 700 permits to be given. Our system is that when somebody is coming in, we provide a letter of support and it generally gets processed in a reasonable amount of time. The appropriate number for receiving work permits and visas is something that needs to be kept under review. It is important to have that flexibility to bring in people. By bringing in people, we are winning an overall investment and then we have the spin off in the local economy which is where a large number of local jobs come on stream.
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