Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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142. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will review the decision to refuse an employment permit to a person (details supplied). [30106/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Employment Permits Section informs me that this Critical Skills Employment Permit application was refused on the 24/05/2017 as the occupation did not appear on the highly skilled eligible occupations list and accordingly would not qualify for a Critical Skills Employment Permit. In addition it appeared that the occupation in question was an ineligible occupation for the purposes of obtaining an employment permit.  A request for a review of that decision was received on the 15/06/2017.

All reviews are examined strictly in date of receipt order and the Reviewing Officers are currently dealing with reviews received the week beginning the 13 February 2017.  The applicant can keep track of our review processing dates on our website at .

Although the review has yet to be fully considered, additional information now submitted indicates that the occupation in question may not be on the ineligible occupation list and therefore it is open to the applicant to withdraw this request for a review and submit a fresh application for a General Employment Permit, having regard to all the relevant procedures applicable to that permit type.