Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his reply, but as much as I take what he read into account, it is not factual. Permits are coming through our offices at the moment and we are dealing with people. We are in the third month of dealing with some of them. They have been delayed. We contact the offices and they say they are being processed. The Minister said it was 18 days, or 16 days for critical cases. Sections of the hospitality sector have critical employment they need to fill, as do the agri sector and transport. They tell us they need these people and we are told it is being processed. It might just be my office but I do not think so because the people in my office are very efficient and work on this weekly. They get great turnarounds with certain cases but the timeline is causing this big problem. All we are told is that it is being processed.

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