Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 250: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount his Department has accrued in fees paid with respect to work permit applications and renewals for each of the past five years; if he has plans to increase or reduce the level of these charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27157/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I set out below receipts for employment permit fees paid for each of the past 5 years:

I have no plans at this time to increase or reduce the fees applicable for employment permit applications.

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 251: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the length of time it takes on average for his Department to issue a work permit from the time the application has been received; if he is satisfied with the length of time taken; if he will introduce measures to speed up the process; if he has set targets or benchmarks in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27158/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The following table illustrates the current processing time for Employment Permits applications. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that we are meeting our customer service targets for Green Cards and Intra Company Transfers. The current processing time for Work Permits is 18 days and for Spousal Permits 22 days. Staff have been redeployed in the last 3 days to process Spousal Permits and Work Permits in order to bring these Employment applications within our target processing times.