Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 11 October 2023
84. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeframe for the visas of non-working EEA nationals to be processed; the number of visas of working non-EEA nationals that have been awarded and declined in counties Cavan and Monaghan since March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44140/23]
View answerThe processing dates for employment permits in respect of non-EEA nationals are set out below (information collated on 6 October).
New employment permit applications in respect of standard employers - 11 September 2023.
New employment permit applications in respect of trusted partner employers - 14 September2023.
Renewal applications in respect of standard employers - 12 September 2023.
Renewal applications in respect of trusted partner employers – 14 September 2023
Standard critical skills applications – 11 September 2023.
Trusted partner critical skills applications - 13 September 2023.
The number of Employment Permits Issued, refused and withdrawn for the counties Cavan and Monaghan from March 2020 to September 2023 is as follows:
|
Year of Issue |
Month of issue |
Issued |
Issued |
Refused |
Refused |
Withdrawn |
Withdrawn |
Grand Total |
|
2020 |
Cavan |
Monaghan |
Cavan |
Monaghan |
Cavan |
Monaghan |
||
|
March |
6 |
1 |
7 |
|||||
|
April |
18 |
18 |
||||||
|
May |
9 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
||||
|
June |
12 |
12 |
||||||
|
July |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|||||
|
August |
3 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
||||
|
September |
6 |
1 |
7 |
|||||
|
October |
17 |
15 |
32 |
|||||
|
November |
12 |
19 |
1 |
32 |
||||
|
December |
14 |
9 |
1 |
24 |
||||
|
2021 |
January |
10 |
2 |
12 |
||||
|
February |
4 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
||||
|
March |
6 |
2 |
8 |
|||||
|
April |
15 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
25 |
|||
|
May |
7 |
4 |
11 |
|||||
|
June |
18 |
2 |
20 |
|||||
|
July |
25 |
10 |
35 |
|||||
|
August |
11 |
13 |
24 |
|||||
|
September |
8 |
17 |
2 |
27 |
||||
|
October |
4 |
7 |
11 |
|||||
|
November |
26 |
8 |
1 |
35 |
||||
|
December |
15 |
17 |
2 |
1 |
35 |
|||
|
2022 |
January |
21 |
9 |
30 |
||||
|
February |
9 |
47 |
56 |
|||||
|
March |
14 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
23 |
|||
|
April |
20 |
6 |
26 |
|||||
|
May |
25 |
13 |
2 |
40 |
||||
|
June |
40 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
48 |
|||
|
July |
20 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
29 |
||
|
August |
9 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
||||
|
September |
9 |
5 |
1 |
15 |
||||
|
October |
10 |
6 |
1 |
17 |
||||
|
November |
10 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
||
|
December |
6 |
6 |
1 |
13 |
||||
|
2023 |
January |
5 |
3 |
8 |
||||
|
February |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|||||
|
March |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
||||
|
April |
3 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
||||
|
May |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|||||
|
June |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
|||
|
July |
3 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
||||
|
August |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|||||
|
September |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|||||
|
Grand Total |
469 |
260 |
13 |
13 |
15 |
3 |
773 |
