Written answers
Wednesday, 2 March 2005
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Work Permits
9:00 pm
Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 164: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a work permit will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7250/05]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed that there is no record of a valid work permit application in this case. Applications which are incomplete or incorrect are returned to the employer for completion.
In the aftermath of EU enlargement, it is the Government's policy that employers should be able to source nearly all of their workforce needs from within the EU. Accordingly, only in cases where exceptional levels of skill and qualifications are needed for the job, and the employer has made meaningful attempts to find EEA nationals first, will my Department now consider work permit applications.
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