Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Independent)

I am grateful for the Minister's clarification. This anomaly has arisen in a number of cases where migrant workers have been resident in the country for a number of years and where a child of such a worker having completed third-level education on a student visa has found himself or herself in a form of limbo.

I am familiar with the work permit system because I have had occasion to purchase a work permit, the current cost of which is €500. The Minister proposes a new system of issuing permits for two or three years at a cost of €1,000 or €1,500. Why is it necessary to increase the cost?

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