Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applicants who have sought business permission in each of the past five years and to date in 2009; the number of applications which were granted and fulfilled; the eligibility criteria in each year; the corresponding figure for applications granted without fulfilling all criteria and those refused and pending in each year concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14013/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by Immigration Services that the eligibility criteria has effectively remained unchanged for the past five years and that the criteria is currently available on the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) website under Business Permission: — www.inis.gov.ie — . The following table outlines the number of business permission applications received by INIS and the decisions made in respect of those applications. An application would not be approved without fulfilling all criteria unless an exemption applied to the particular application. These exemptions are also listed on the website.

Figures in relation to how many or how often applications had the exemption criteria applied are not available.