Written answers

Wednesday, 8 November 2006

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Work Permits

9:00 pm

Photo of Gerard MurphyGerard Murphy (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 227: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will introduce a green card system to deal with applications from outside the EU; and if such a system will facilitate existing work permit holders to remain here when their current permits expire. [36797/06]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Employment Permits Act 2006, which was signed by the President in June 2006, provides the legal basis for the introduction of new economic migration arrangements for the labour market participation of workers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA). These arrangements, which will come into effect early in 2007, will comprise:

a Green Card for designated occupations where there are skills shortages;

for other occupations work permits will only be granted for a limited list of activities where it can be demonstrated, following a rigorous labour market test, that suitable employees are not available within the EEA;

the grant and issue of the work permit or Green Card to the employee — on application by either employer or employee;

a re-established Intra-Company transfer scheme for temporary trans-national management transfers.

Current Work permit holders may, on renewal, apply either for a new work permit or, if eligible, for a green card permit if their employment is in the designated occupations.

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