Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications for work permits received in each of the past five years to date in 2009; the numbers granted, refused or pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44993/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I have set out overleaf the figures as requested by the Deputy. The figures attached relate to applications that have been accepted for processing. The number of applications pending is the number received that have not been processed by year end. Information on applications pending for 2005 was not recorded by the IT system at that time and accordingly is not available.

Some applications are rejected in a pre-screening process if they are evidently outside the criteria for granting an Employment Permit and are not captured in the statistics.

* The figure included above for 2009 is for the period up to 30 November 2009