Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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125. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an application for a work permit can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39636/17]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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140. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an application for a work permit can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39635/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 125 and 140 together.

An application for an employment permit was received in the Department on 27 January 2017 with decision to refuse the granting of the application advised by letter dated 23rd March 2017. In line with Employment Permits legislation, applications must be supported by certain criteria and requirements depending on the employment permit type. This application was refused on the basis that the applicant failed to provide necessary documentation as laid down in the legislation and that the application failed to meet the requirements of the Labour Market Needs Test as required by the legislation.

Section 13 of the Employment Permits Act 2006 (as amended) enables an applicant to seek a review of a decision by submitting the relevant form within 28 days of date of the decision letter. In this case, a review was sought and, having considered all the information available, the decision to refuse the granting of the employment permit was upheld as advised to the applicant in a letter dated 28th July 2017. 

A refusal to grant an employment permit does not preclude an applicant from submitting another application for an employment permit.  Such an application should comply with all of the legislative requirements pertaining to that employment permit type, including the requirements of the Labour Market Needs Test should it be applicable.