Dáil debates

Tuesday, 14 May 2019

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions

Work Permits Eligibility

5:40 pm

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The important point is that the sector needs to show it cannot get the workers in Ireland and in Europe and make the case to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I assure the Deputy that when that case is made, we will not be found wanting in terms of reviewing it positively.

The Minister of State, Deputy Breen, was in Deputy Heydon's county today where he announced 80 jobs in Open Sky, an IT solutions company, in Naas. It is a innovative company. It actually supplies the software to the work permits section of my Department.

The current processing time for employment permits is three weeks for trusted partner applications, which made up 71% of all applications in 2018, and 11 weeks for standard applications, which made up 29% of applications in 2019.

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