Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that all applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. The Employment Permits Section are currently processing standard new Employment Permit applications within 9 - 11 business days.

Due to the significant improvement in the processing times in respect of Employment Permits, an application to have an Employment Permit expedited will only be considered in exceptional circumstances. Each request is considered on a case-by-case basis. 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. A separate expedite request form is required for each application.

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 found on the following link: enterprise.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Workplace-and-Skills/Employment-Permits/Employment-Permit-Status-Form/.