Work Permits

Wednesday, 26 April 2023

Questions (78)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

78. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons granted work permits in respect of the critical skills list under heading 2211 in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and the number of these that were classified as general practitioners over that same timeframe. [19720/23]

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Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

The table below shows the number of Critical Skills Employment Permits that were granted by my Department under the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code 2211 in the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023.

These figures include the number of Critical Skills Employment Permits that were granted in respect of General Practitioners during the same period.

All doctor roles are classified under SOC code 2211 - Medical Practitioner. Extracting the number of permits granted for specific role types would require an extensive manual review which is not possible within the timeframe.

Year of issue	Number Issued
2018	2499
2019	2543
2020	2690
2021	2608
2022	2429
2023	347
Total	13,116