Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Department of Justice is processing its side but there is a delay between the two Departments. What timescale are we talking about from start to finish, from the time of the application being submitted for the work permit and the end of the whole process of getting the visa? There still appears to be quite a delay.

Companies are running into difficulties on this matter. Then we still have people who, for instance, find that the delay is causing them to lose people they want to recruit in, especially people who are highly skilled and where there is a shortage of people with those skills. As a result, they are losing them to other countries.

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