Written answers
Tuesday, 12 April 2005
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Work Permits
9:00 pm
Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 493: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications for work permits received, per country, for 2004; the number of work permits awarded per country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10491/05]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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In 2004, the work permit section of my Department received 35,553 applications from employers seeking work permits in respect of non-EEA nationals. Some 34,067 applications were granted and 1,486 were refused. Of the 34,067 permits issued, 5,107 were issued in respect of workers from the new EU member states, who required work permits up to 30 April 2004 and the remainder were issued in respect of citizens of the non-EEA area. A detailed breakdown of the work permits issued and refused per country is set out in the following appendix.
For further work permit statistical information, the Deputy may wish to look at my Department's website on www.entemp.ie.
| APPENDIX | ||||||
| Permits Issued by Nationality: 1 January-31 December 2004 | ||||||
| Year | Nationality | New Permits | Renewals | Group | Issued | Refused |
| 2004 | 10,020 | 23,246 | 801 | 34,067 | 1,486 | |
| Albania | 10 | 51 | 0 | 61 | 1 | |
| Algeria | 20 | 73 | 0 | 93 | 11 | |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Argentina | 21 | 46 | 0 | 67 | 4 | |
| Armenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Australia | 470 | 438 | 0 | 908 | 9 | |
| Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bahrain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Bangladesh | 114 | 895 | 0 | 1,009 | 95 | |
| Barbados | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Belarus | 55 | 705 | 0 | 760 | 42 | |
| Bhutan (Kingdom of) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bolivia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Bosnia Herzegovina | 7 | 59 | 0 | 66 | 1 | |
| Bosnia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Botswana | 10 | 24 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Brazil | 188 | 1,324 | 0 | 1,512 | 39 | |
| Brunei | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bulgaria | 105 | 616 | 0 | 721 | 27 | |
| Burma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Burundi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cameroun | 1 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Canada | 129 | 140 | 0 | 269 | 7 | |
| Chad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Chile | 6 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |
| China | 212 | 1,072 | 0 | 1,284 | 191 | |
| Colombia | 2 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| Congo Republic of | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Congo (Democratic Republic of) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Croatia | 29 | 112 | 0 | 141 | 9 | |
| Cuba | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Czech Republic | 95 | 170 | 0 | 265 | 1 | |
| Ecuador | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Egypt | 52 | 205 | 0 | 257 | 12 | |
| El Salvador | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Eritrea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Estonia | 185 | 108 | 0 | 293 | 2 | |
| Estonia (alien) | 1 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Ethiopia | 2 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gambia | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Georgia | 2 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Ghana | 2 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Guatemala | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Haiti | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Honduras | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Hong Kong | 16 | 164 | 0 | 180 | 8 | |
| Hong Kong S.A.R. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hungary | 43 | 29 | 0 | 72 | 1 | |
| India | 550 | 703 | 0 | 1,253 | 74 | |
| Indonesia | 23 | 33 | 0 | 56 | 12 | |
| Iran | 3 | 34 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
| Iraq | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Israel | 8 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Jamaica | 2 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 2 | |
| Japan | 101 | 134 | 0 | 235 | 4 | |
| Jordan | 8 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 4 | |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 34 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Kenya | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Korea (Democratic Peoples Republic of (South) | 10 | 30 | 0 | 40 | 3 | |
| Kosovo | 4 | 26 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
| Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Lativa (Alien) | 11 | 151 | 0 | 162 | 4 | |
| Latvia | 506 | 695 | 0 | 1,201 | 22 | |
| Latvian | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Lebanon | 4 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 4 | |
| Lesotho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Libya | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| Lithuania | 644 | 594 | 0 | 1,238 | 12 | |
| Macau | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Macedonia (FYR) | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Malawi | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Malaysia | 214 | 672 | 0 | 886 | 54 | |
| Malta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mauritania | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Mauritius | 3 | 26 | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
| Mexico | 10 | 29 | 0 | 39 | 3 | |
| Moldovia | 86 | 763 | 0 | 849 | 39 | |
| Mongolia | 2 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Morocco | 27 | 109 | 0 | 136 | 11 | |
| Mozambique | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Myanmar | 6 | 58 | 0 | 64 | 0 | |
| Namibia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Nepal | 27 | 53 | 0 | 80 | 5 | |
| New Zealand | 234 | 316 | 0 | 550 | 14 | |
| Niger | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Nigeria | 33 | 27 | 0 | 60 | 6 | |
| Oman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Pakistan | 177 | 669 | 0 | 846 | 118 | |
| Palestine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Panama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Paraguay | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Peru | 4 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| Philippines | 880 | 3,421 | 0 | 4,301 | 152 | |
| Poland | 1,171 | 744 | 0 | 1,915 | 9 | |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Republic of Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Romania | 185 | 1,928 | 0 | 2,113 | 124 | |
| Russia | 116 | 679 | 0 | 795 | 23 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Senegal | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Serbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Seychelles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sierra Leone | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Singapore | 8 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Slovakia | 86 | 33 | 0 | 119 | 0 | |
| Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| South Africa | 695 | 1,336 | 0 | 2,031 | 77 | |
| South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka | 34 | 110 | 0 | 144 | 6 | |
| Sudan | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Swaziland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Syria | 3 | 33 | 0 | 36 | 3 | |
| Taiwan | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Tanzania | 1 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Thailand | 136 | 371 | 0 | 507 | 42 | |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 11 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Tunisia | 14 | 62 | 0 | 76 | 2 | |
| Turkey | 903 | 288 | 0 | 1,191 | 27 | |
| Turkmenistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Uganda | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Ukraine | 440 | 1,697 | 0 | 2,137 | 95 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| United States of America | 516 | 411 | 0 | 927 | 22 | |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Venezuela | 4 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Vietnam | 10 | 53 | 0 | 63 | 9 | |
| West Indies | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Yemen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Yugoslavia | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) | 186 | 103 | 0 | 289 | 0 | |
| Zambia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Zimbabwe | 39 | 212 | 0 | 251 | 17 | |
| (Group Permits) | 0 | 0 | 801 | 801 | 1 |
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