Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a work permit will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 which was submitted to her office recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42055/08]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Employment Permits Section informs me that an application in respect of the above named was received in their section on the 19th November 2008. Assuming the application is complete a decision will be made on the application in the next 2-3 weeks.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a work permit will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if she will have the matter clarified or rectified; the process whereby the person's work permit can be reissued urgently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42056/08]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The application in respect of the above named was refused on the 7/2/2008 on the grounds that it is current Government policy to issue new work permits for highly skilled highly paid positions or for non-EEA nationals who are already legally resident in the State on valid employment permits or where there is an officially recognised scarcity of workers of a particular type or qualification. Furthermore, the position on offer is one of the occupational categories currently ineligible for a work permit.

The applicant was notified of this decision in writing and of their right to appeal within 21 days. An appeal must be made in writing and addressed to the Appeals Officer in the Employment Permits Section and must include any further information of relevance that the applicant wishes to submit. As no appeal was received in the Employment Permits Section within this timeframe the fees in this case were refunded to the applicant. Written correspondence was received outside of the 21 days in respect of the application. However, this related to a correction of the spelling of the applicant's name only and did not constitute an Appeal for the purposes of the Employment Permits Act 2006. In these circumstances, therefore, we cannot re-visit this application.