Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 291: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of an application for a person (details supplied). [19539/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that this application was refused on the grounds that it is current Government policy to issue new employment permits only for highly skilled, highly paid positions or for non-EEA nationals already legally resident in the State on valid employment permits. Furthermore, the newspaper advertisements submitted in support of the application were out of date as a permit must be applied for within 60 days of the advertisements being posted. Having examined the appeal, the Appeals Officer has upheld the original decision in this case.