Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of an employment permit application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28055/22]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The Employment Permits Section of the Department inform me that a standard General Employment Permit application for the person concerned (details supplied) was received on 24 March 2022.

The Employment Permits Section are currently processing standard new General Employment Permit applications received on 31 January 2022.

Following the Review of the Occupational Lists announced by Minister English in October 2021 additional permits under quota were made available to the agricultural sector for a number of roles. This included the establishment of a quota of 100 General Employment permits for the role of Dairy Farm Assistant. To date, 44 of the 100 General Employment Permits established under the quota for Dairy Farm Assistants have been granted. It is important that employment permit applications for roles under quota are processed in date order to ensure fairness in the distribution of the permits available.

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.