Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Minister about the process for changes to the work permits system in view of labour shortages in certain sectors. This obviously is a problem linked with recovery. Following on from the work done by this and the previous Government in terms of the Action Plan for Jobs and getting people back into the workplace, we now see these new challenges where sectors are short of necessary skilled workers. Can the Minister outline what steps the Department has taken to date, what sectors it has worked with and what process the sectors which identify a shortage must go through to make a case to the Minister?

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