Dáil debates

Thursday, 9 December 2021

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions

Work Permits

11:30 am

Photo of David StantonDavid Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I join my colleagues in asking the Minister of State to look at ways of streamlining the system. I have met farmers who are facing into a very busy period at present with milking, cows calving and so forth. It is a 24-7 job with health and safety issues involved. They have identified workers abroad in places such as the Philippines, but the amount of time it takes to get the work permit issued and the visa on top of that means that the calves will be ready for slaughter by the time it is done. It is too long. The system must be shortened and speeded up so these people can get here sooner. More staff have to be put on that work.

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