Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued to persons from non-EEA areas for each month since January 2007 up to and including February 2009; the proposals she has to make changes to the system of eligibility criteria, as recently indicated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9895/09]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The number of Employment Permits issued to persons from non-EEA areas for each month from January 2007 to February 2009 are outlined in the following table.

My Department is currently undertaking, in consultation with key stakeholders, a review of employment permit arrangements to ensure their ongoing relevance to the needs of the Irish labour market. Current proposals being considered relate, in the main, to the arrangements for new entrants to the labour market in 2009.