Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 257: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the procedure to be followed to obtain a green card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23626/11]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The issue of any employment permit is predicated on a job offer from a prospective Irish employer who has made every effort to recruit an Irish or EEA national for the post. Applications, which can be submitted by either the prospective employee or employer, are considered under the Employment Permits Acts 2003 and 2006. Further information, guidelines on the different employment permit schemes and application forms for new permits are available on my Departments website at www.djei.ie.

I wish to advise the Deputy that it is current Government policy to issue new employment permits only in respect of:

· highly skilled, highly paid positions or;

· 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.