Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 November 2016
463. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person (details supplied) currently on a student's visa can apply for a work permit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32552/16]
View answerA person on a student visa may apply for an Employment Permit subject to all of the usual criteria for an Employment Permit being met.
All applications for Employment Permits are processed in line with the Employment Permits Act 2006, as amended and associated regulations and current Employment Permit policy is to only consider new Employment Permit applications for highly skilled, highly paid positions or for positions where there is an officially recognised scarcity of supply in relation to a particular qualification or occupation type. In addition, new Employment Permit applications are normally only considered where it is established that the employer has been unable to recruit an Irish/EEA national for the post, where a minimum salary of €30,000 per annum is on offer based on a 39 hour week and where the position on offer is one of the occupations currently eligible for a new Employment Permit. Full information on the policies and procedures currently applying are available on my Department’s website at www.djei.ie/en/What-We-Do/Jobs-Workplace-and-Skills/Employment-Permits/.
