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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (12 Dec 2023)
Helen McEntee: What we have seen in recent months and years is a significant increase in the number of people applying for work visas or for reunification, and in the number of people applying for international protection. The number of Ukrainian people who are seeking assistance here has also continued to grow over the past number of years. That obviously puts pressure on a system. We try to make sure...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (12 Dec 2023)
Colm Burke: ...To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline in detail the progress that has been made to date in respect of having a single application process for employment permits and visa applications; the progress that has been made to date by the interdepartmental group established to review the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44400/23]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (12 Dec 2023)
Colm Burke: I ask the Minister for Justice to outline in detail the progress to date in respect of a single application process for employment permits and visa applications and the interdepartmental group established to review the matter.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (12 Dec 2023)
Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, when the Departments are issuing visas and residence permits, it is not just the responsibility of my Department but also of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Both Departments work closely together to ensure that labour market migration arrangements are fair, efficient and responsive to the needs of our society and, more generally, our economy....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (12 Dec 2023)
Colm Burke: ...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...