Written answers
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Work Permits
10:00 pm
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued each year for each of the years 1997 to 2007, and for each month to date in 2008. [42208/08]
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Set out below are the figures as requested by the Deputy.
| Employment Permits Issued from 1997-2008 (up to 21/11/2008) | |||||
| Year | Month | New | Renewals | Group | Total |
| 2008 | 7,902 | 4,831 | 0 | 12,733 | |
| Jan | 1,080 | 1,096 | 0 | 2,176 | |
| Feb | 785 | 821 | 0 | 1,606 | |
| Mar | 620 | 503 | 0 | 1,123 | |
| Apr | 760 | 443 | 0 | 1,203 | |
| May | 705 | 385 | 0 | 1,090 | |
| Jun | 759 | 324 | 0 | 1,083 | |
| Jul | 962 | 266 | 0 | 1,228 | |
| Aug | 701 | 294 | 0 | 995 | |
| Sep | 560 | 263 | 0 | 823 | |
| Oct | 572 | 250 | 0 | 822 | |
| Nov | 398 | 186 | 0 | 584 | |
| 2007 | 10,103 | 13,420 | 13 | 23,536 | |
| 2006 | 7,309 | 16,583 | 958 | 24,850 | |
| 2005 | 7,632 | 19,517 | 816 | 27,965 | |
| 2004 | 10,418 | 23,348 | 801 | 34,567 | |
| 2003 | 22,329 | 25,111 | 560 | 48,000 | |
| 2002 | 23,306 | 16,547 | 431 | 40,284 | |
| 2001 | 29,542 | 6,475 | 357 | 36,374 | |
| 2000 | 15,329 | 22,46 | 298 | 17,873 | |
| 1999 | 4,323 | 1,652 | 269 | 6,244 | |
| 1998 | 3,589 | 1,886 | 239 | 5,714 | |
| 1997 | 2,668 | 1,617 | 259 | 4,544 |
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