Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

184. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a work permit application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16325/22]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that a standard General Employment Permit application for the person concerned (details supplied) was received on 2^ndMarch 2022.

Applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. The Employment Permits Section of my Department are currently processing standard new General Employment Permit applications received on 1 November 2021.

Applicants can keep track of Employment Permit applications current processing dates at the following link: enterprise.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Workplace-and-Skills/Employment-Permits/Current-Application-Processing-Dates/Current-Processing-Dates-for-Employment-Permits.html.

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. The Department can only consider a request to expedite an employment permit application where a detailed business case is provided.

Details of the exceptional case must be submitted to the Department on the attached expedite request form, which is a prerequisite for DETE to consider any such request.

Once the business case is completed it should be submitted to Employmentpermits@enterprise.gov.ie for consideration. It is important to point out that the completion of a business case does not guarantee that an expedite will be facilitated.

The Employment Permits processing times are updated on a weekly basis at the following link: enterprise.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Workplace-and-Skills/Employment-Permits/Current-Application-Processing-Dates/