Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications for work permits received in each of the past twelve months; the number approved, rejected or pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8670/08]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Employment Permits Section of my Department has informed me that it is not possible to determine the number of Work Permit applications received as some applications are rejected in a pre screening process if they are evidently outside the criteria for granting a Work Permit and are not captured in the statistics.

The number of Work Permits issued from end January 2007 to end January 2008 was 23,539, of which 13,330 were renewals, the number rejected was 2,272 and the number of applications pending at 31st January 2008 was 1,439.