Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that the General Employment Permit applications for the persons concerned in the details supplied were received on 5th April 2024. On 10^th April 2024 the applications were formally accepted and placed in the processing queue.

Applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. As of 12^th April 2024, the Employment Permits Section are processing new applications in respect of standard employers which were received on 29^th February 2024.

An application to have an employment permit expedited can 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 official expedite request form (available on our website), 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/