Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 105: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4214/11]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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My Department processes applications in respect of the different types of employment permits (Green Cards Permits, Work Permits, Spousal/Dependant Permits and Intra-company Transfer Permits). All applications are processed in line with the Employment Permits Act 2006.

I wish to advise the Deputy that this application was refused on the 9th September 2010 on the grounds that it is current Government policy to issue new employment permits only 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 recognized scarcity of workers of a particular type or qualification.

Furthermore, it appeared from the P60 submitted in support of the application that the employee had not received the level of annual salary required by the previous employment permit. The revised salary notified by the employer in support of the appeal, also fell short of the required salary level for that permit.

Having examined the appeal, the Appeals Officer upheld the original decision in this case on the 17th December 2010 and the fees are in the process of being refunded to the applicant.

In these circumstances, therefore, I regret that it is not possible to re-visit this application.