Written answers

Tuesday, 29 January 2013

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Working Holiday Visas

Photo of Caoimhghín Ó CaoláinCaoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons here who took up working holiday visas in 2012 under the agreements with Argentina, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan and the USA, by country; and the allocation of visas here in respect of each of these countries for 2013. [4219/13]

Photo of Eamon GilmoreEamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Ireland concludes Working Holiday agreements on a reciprocal basis. For Irish citizens the applications are administered either directly by the embassies of the countries concerned or through a sponsoring organisation nominated by them. The following table sets out the visa allocations for 2013 and the available information on the number of visas granted in 2012. A Working Holiday programme was recently concluded between the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service and the Taipei Representative Office in Ireland and is effective from January 2013. Consequently there are no figures for 2012.

Working Holiday AgreementNumber of visas granted in 2012Allocation in 2013
Argentina18100

Australia
18,940 (to 30 Sept 2012)not capped

Canada
5,3505,350

Hong Kong
32100

Japan
42
400

New Zealand
2,314
Not capped

South Korea

3

400

Taiwan

Not applicable

700

U.S.A

  ­1,028

Not capped

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