Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 July 2023
376. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of revenue generated through the issuing of general employment permits and critical skills employment permits in the years of 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [35952/23]
View answerThe Employment Permits Section of the Department has provided the following figures for the amount of revenue generated by the issuing of employment permits in the requested period:
|
1 Jan 2023 to 30 June 2023 |
€12,513,209.57 |
|
1 Jan 2022 to 31 December 2022 |
€27,672, 451.14 |
The above figures include all nine permit types. Due to the manner in which fees received are recorded on our system it is not possible to give a breakdown of the fees paid between each permit type.
Approximately 90% of all permits issued are either Critical Skills Employment Permits or General Employment Permits. The required fee for an employment permit is waived if the employer has charitable status confirmed by the Revenue Commissioners, if the application is in respect of a non-EEA national married to or in a civil partnership with an EEA national or for General Employment Permit renewal applications in respect of unlimited permits.
Where there is a fee due for a Critical Skills Employment Permit it is €1,000. The fee for a General Employment Permit however may vary depending on the duration of the validity period of the permit sought i.e. the fee can range from €500 up to €1,500 for periods covering 0-6 months or up to 2-3 years.
Details in relation to fees is available on the Department's website and can be accessed through this link: - enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/workplace-and-skills/employment-permits/fees/
