Gary Gannon
Question:577. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a breakdown of the awards of working visas by country of origin of the awardees in the past year, in tabular form. [8609/23]
View answerTuesday, 21 February 2023
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Written answers
In order to work in Ireland all non-EEA Nationals, unless they are exempted, must hold a valid Employment Permit. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) administers the Employment Permits system.
Not all non-EEA Nationals are visa required.
The granting of an employment permit by DETE is not the sole determining factor as to whether a visa will subsequently be granted by my Department. These are two very distinct application processes with different checks and procedures in place in each respective Department.
The statistical breakdown requested by the Deputy can be found in the attached table.
|
Nationality |
Jan-22 to Jan-23 |
|
Afghanistan |
24 |
|
Albania |
23 |
|
Algeria |
21 |
|
Armenia |
16 |
|
Bahrain |
14 |
|
Bangladesh |
91 |
|
Belarus |
66 |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
30 |
|
Cambodia |
39 |
|
Cameroon |
20 |
|
Colombia |
77 |
|
Ecuador |
6 |
|
Egypt |
275 |
|
Ethiopia |
8 |
|
Georgia |
8 |
|
Ghana |
166 |
|
India |
9070 |
|
Indonesia |
41 |
|
Iran |
44 |
|
Iraq |
10 |
|
Jordan |
43 |
|
Kazakhstan |
31 |
|
Kenya |
109 |
|
Kosovo |
13 |
|
Kuwait |
7 |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
19 |
|
Lebanon |
89 |
|
Libya |
8 |
|
Malawi |
17 |
|
Mauritius |
35 |
|
Moldova |
53 |
|
Morocco |
63 |
|
Nepal |
101 |
|
Nigeria |
374 |
|
North Macedonia, Republic of |
8 |
|
Oman |
13 |
|
Pakistan |
868 |
|
Palestinian National Authority |
12 |
|
People's Republic of China |
539 |
|
Peru |
13 |
|
Philippines |
2089 |
|
Russian Federation |
515 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
34 |
|
Senegal |
6 |
|
Serbia |
28 |
|
Sri Lanka |
278 |
|
Sudan |
286 |
|
Syrian Arab Republic |
8 |
|
Thailand |
324 |
|
Tunisia |
72 |
|
Turkey |
409 |
|
Uganda |
41 |
|
Ukraine |
18 |
|
United Republic of Tanzania |
17 |
|
Venezuela |
11 |
|
Viet Nam |
222 |
|
Zambia |
24 |
|
Zimbabwe |
547 |
|
Rest of the World * |
61 |
|
Total |
17454 |
* Where a value for a particular country is 5 or less that country is included in Rest of the World.
The figures above are the combined totals of Type D Employment Visas granted at first instance and on appeal.