Written answers
Tuesday, 14 November 2006
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Work Permits
9:00 am
Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 362: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when an application for a work permit for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37358/06]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Work Permits section of my Department has informed me that this application was refused and the employer was notified of this decision in writing and of their right of appeal. To-date no such appeal has been received in the Work Permit section.
In the aftermath of EU Enlargement, it is Government policy that employers should be able to source nearly all of their workforce needs from within the EU. Accordingly, only in cases where skills 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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