Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 July 2025
321. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of work permits issued in relation to positions in the IT and technology sector in each month from January 2024 to date; the breakdown of the country of origin of the total number of such work permits granted in that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35916/25]
View answerIreland operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising disruption to Ireland’s labour market.
The system is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages required to develop and support enterprise for the benefit of our economy. However, this objective must be balanced by the need to ensure no suitably qualified Irish/EEA nationals are available to undertake the work and that the shortage is genuine one.
The system is, by design, vacancy led and managed through the operation of the occupation lists: the critical skills list in respect of highly skill professional roles that are in critical shortage in the labour market and the ineligible occupations lists for which a source of labour should be available from within Ireland and the EEA. The Employment Permits Section of the Department has set out the number of work permits issued in relation positions in the IT and technology sector from January 2024 up to the 26th of June 2025 in the table below. The country of origin in respect of these applications is outlined in the second table below.
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2024 |
2025 |
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Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun until 25.06 |
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592 |
511 |
601 |
663 |
374 |
541 |
753 |
594 |
538 |
472 |
572 |
576 |
527 |
421 |
454 |
285 |
238 |
197 |
