Bernard J. Durkan
Question:302 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question Number 67 of 21 June in respect of a work permit application (details supplied) if he will reconsider the application on the basis that the criteria outlined in his previous reply have been met by the applicant in that the position on offer is a highly skilled, highly paid position, the position requires specialist/scarce skills that cannot be filled elsewhere, the employer does not have more than 50% of its workforce drawn from non-EEA nationals, that adequate efforts were made to recruit and train Irish/EEA nationals for the position, that the person for whom the application for a work permit was made was not the only employee in the company as previously outlined, that numerous applications have been sent to the Department regarding this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31756/12]
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