John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will arrange to have an employment permit issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55510/22]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The Employment Permits Section of the Department inform me that, on 26^thSeptember 2022, a General Employment Permit application for the person concerned (in the details supplied) was received.

On 18^thOctober 2022 the application was refused. The refusal reasons included the following:

- The information provided indicated that the foreign national was in the State without a valid current immigration permission from the Minister for Justice.

- The advertisement for the employment was not placed with the Department of Social Protection/EURES Employment Services for 28 days during the 90 days preceding the application as is required.

- The advertisement relating to the proposed employment that ran in a national newspaper was not legible and the job details on the website advertisement were not provided as is required.

- An up-to-date tax clearance access number in respect of the person who made the offer of employment was not provided.

- The required documentary proof of the experience of the proposed employee was not provided as is required.

The applicant was informed of the refusal reasons on 18^thOctober 2022 and of their right to request a review of the decision within 28 days from the date of the refusal letter that issued. To date no such request has been received.

The Employment Permits Section informs me that in the case where an Employment Permit application is either withdrawn or refused, 90% of the fee paid is refundable. An employment permit can only be issued when all the qualifying conditions are satisfied.

John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will arrange to have employment permits (details supplied) issued as promptly as possible. [55579/22]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that standard General Employment Permit applications for the persons concerned in the details supplied were only received on 2^ndNovember 2022.

Applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. The Employment Permits Section of my Department is currently processing standard applications for General Employment Permits received on 11th October 2022.

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.

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/

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/

Name of Company/Individual making the request:

Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the number of employment permits applied for, and issued, to holders of Russian passports from March 2022 to date, and for the corresponding period in 2021, in tabular form. [55653/22]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The tables below give details of the number of Employment Permit applications received, and the number of Employment Permits issued by Nationality to citizens of the Russian Federation from March 2022 to date, and for the corresponding period in 2021.