Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an application by a person (details supplied) for a work permit will be expedited. [3981/22]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that a General Employment Permit application for the person concerned (in the details supplied) was received on 26th July 2021. On 25th November 2021 it was refused for several reasons which were as follows: -

- Failure to fully comply with the requirements of the Labour Market Needs.

- Failure to provide a copy of a statement issued by the Revenue Commissioners showing the monthly statutory return made by the person who is making the offer of employment dated within the 3-month period preceding the application.

- Failure to provide copy of Signature Pages displaying MYWork-ID that matches that of the online application form.

- Failure to provide a copy of Contract of Employment signed by both parties to the General Employment Permit application.

The applicant was informed of the refusal reasons and of their right to request a review of the refusal decision which must be submitted on the prescribed review form available on the Department’s website within 28 days of issue of the refusal decision. A link to the prescribed review form available on the Department’s website was also included in the decision letter that issued.

As the Employment Permits Section of the Department did not receive a request for a review of the refusal decision within the specified timeframe it is no longer possible to consider a review in this case. The applicant was informed of this on 18th January 2022.

The 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 for the particular employment permit type.

Information in relation to the Labour Market Needs Test is available on the Department’s website and can be accessed through this link enterprise.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Workplace-and-Skills/Employment-Permits/Employment-Permit-Eligibility/Labour-Market-Needs-Test/.

A Checklist Document has been prepared to assist applicants when applying for a General Employment Permit application and this can be accessed on the Department’s website at enterprise.gov.ie/en/Publications/Publication-files/General-Employment-Permits-Checklist.pdf.

Applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. Applicants can keep track of Employment Permit applications current processing dates at enterprise.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Workplace-and-Skills/Employment-Permits/Current-Application-Processing-Dates/.

If a permit is urgently required, an applicant may request to have an application expedited. A request to have an application expedited will only be considered in exceptional cases and must be accompanied by a compelling business case which details the individual circumstances involved.