Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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The Employment Permits Section of the Department informs me that a Critical Skills Employment Permit application submitted in respect of the person concerned (in the details supplied) was refused on 12th April 2023.

Following the receipt of further information in relation to this application, the application will be reviewed. An official from the Employment Permits section will be in touch with the applicant in due course.

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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284. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 13 June 2023, when he anticipates the amendment to the Employment Permits Bill 2022 to allow general employment permit and critical skills employment permit holders to transfer employer within the bounds of the original employment permit, after a shorter period of nine months has passed from the start of their first employment, will be enacted into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29280/23]

Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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Approval has been given recently by Government to amend the Employment Permits Bill to allow General Employment Permit and Critical Skills Employment Permit holders to transfer employer after a prescribed period has passed from the start of their first employment in the State. The amendment will allow these permit holders to transfer employer without the requirement to apply for a new employment permit. The initial period prescribed will be nine months.

Currently, a change of employer can only be made by way of a new application for an employment permit after a period of 12 months has elapsed since taking up employment in the State with their first employer.

Report stage for the Employment Permits Bill 2022 is scheduled to take place before the summer recess. The Bill will then begin its legal process through the Seanad in the autumn, with enactment expected towards the end of the year or early next year.