Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 January 2013
200. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons here who took up working holiday visas in 2012 under the agreements with Argentina, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan and the USA, by country; and the allocation of visas here in respect of each of these countries for 2013. [4219/13]
View answerIreland concludes Working Holiday agreements on a reciprocal basis. For Irish citizens the applications are administered either directly by the embassies of the countries concerned or through a sponsoring organisation nominated by them. The following table sets out the visa allocations for 2013 and the available information on the number of visas granted in 2012. A Working Holiday programme was recently concluded between the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service and the Taipei Representative Office in Ireland and is effective from January 2013. Consequently there are no figures for 2012.
|
Working Holiday Agreement |
Number of visas granted in 2012 |
Allocation in 2013 |
|
Argentina |
18 |
100 |
|
Australia |
18,940 (to 30 Sept 2012) |
not capped |
|
Canada |
5,350 |
5,350 |
|
Hong Kong |
32 |
100 |
|
Japan |
42 |
400 |
|
New Zealand |
2,314 |
Not capped |
|
South Korea |
3 |
400 |
|
Taiwan |
Not applicable |
700 |
|
U.S.A |
1,028 |
Not capped |
