Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 16 February 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019
Ms Fiona Ward:
The list is reviewed twice per year. We have not taken any occupations off the critical skills list. We had emerging skills shortages before the Covid pandemic. Obviously, the labour market is in a state of flux. Critical skills shortages at the higher end have continued to feature in recent years.
Even during 2008 and last downturn we still needed to recruit those highly skilled ICT technical professionals into the State.
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