Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that a standard General Employment Permit application for the person concerned (details supplied) was received on 12th May 2022.

Applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. The Employment Permits Section of my Department is currently processing standard new General Employment Permit applications received on 04 April 2022.

The Employment Permits processing times are updated on a weekly basis and applicants can keep track of Employment Permit application 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. An expedite request will only be considered in exceptional cases. The Department can only consider such a request where a detailed business case is provided.

Details of the exceptional case must be submitted to the Department on the attached expedite request form.

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, or that a permit will be granted on review.

There is also an Online Status Update Enquiry - where details on a particular application can be accessed: enterprise.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Workplace-and-Skills/Employment-Permits/Employment-Permit-Status-Form/