Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8850/22]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that a Critical Skills employment permit application for the person concerned was received on 18 January 2022. However as the occupation stated on the application is not on the Critical Skills occupations list and the annual remuneration on offer is below €64,000, it is expected that this application will be refused. 

While the occupation is ineligible for a Critical Skills employment permit, it is eligible for a General Employment permit. Therefore it is advised that the employer should withdraw the current application and submit a new application for a General Employment permit. Such an application should comply with all of the legislative requirements for the particular employment permit type. 

Applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order.  My Department recommends all applications for an employment permit to be submitted to us at least 12 weeks before the proposed start date of an employment.  The Department provides regular updates on its website in relation to processing times and advises all employers to take current timelines into account as part of their recruitment plans.

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/

There is also an Online Status Update Enquiry - where details on a particular application can be found:

enterprise.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Workplace-and-Skills/Employment-Permits/Employment-Permit-Status-Form/