Vol. 511 No. 3
106 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications made by foreign nationals for work permits by country of origin for each of the past 12 months; the number approved, refused or withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24267/99]
Statistics regarding nationality are maintained only in respect of work permits actually granted and refused. The nationality of people in respect of whom work permits are issued and refused are compiled on an annual basis and the full listings for the year 1998 – the last 12 month period for which data are available – are set out in the following table. A total of 40 applications were cancelled during 1998.
Table
|
Year 1998 |
Nationality |
New Permits |
Renewals |
Group |
Issued |
Refused |
|
Algeria |
37 |
12 |
0 |
49 |
5 |
|
|
Angola |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
Argentina |
11 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
1 |
|
|
Armenia |
1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
Australia |
230 |
88 |
0 |
318 |
15 |
|
|
Bahamas |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Bahrain |
4 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
Bangladesh |
14 |
37 |
0 |
51 |
1 |
|
|
Barbados |
9 |
2 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
|
|
Belarus |
3 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
|
|
Bolivia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Bosnia |
3 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
|
|
Botswana |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
Brazil |
16 |
18 |
0 |
34 |
2 |
|
|
Brunei |
18 |
2 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
|
|
Bulgaria |
12 |
2 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
|
|
Burma |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Cameroon |
2 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
|
|
Canada |
156 |
72 |
0 |
228 |
2 |
|
|
Chile |
3 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
China |
49 |
67 |
0 |
116 |
7 |
|
|
Colombia |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
|
|
Croatia |
13 |
9 |
0 |
22 |
2 |
|
|
Cuba |
14 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
|
|
Cyprus |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
Czech Republic |
27 |
14 |
0 |
41 |
3 |
|
|
Ecuador |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Egypt |
28 |
21 |
0 |
49 |
1 |
|
|
Eritrea |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Estonia |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
Ethiopia |
4 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
|
|
Ghana |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
|
Guatemala |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Guernsey, UK |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Guinea Republic |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Guyana |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Hong Kong |
62 |
87 |
0 |
149 |
8 |
|
|
Hungary |
43 |
17 |
0 |
60 |
2 |
|
|
India |
327 |
122 |
0 |
449 |
5 |
|
|
Indonesia |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
|
Iran |
24 |
12 |
0 |
36 |
1 |
|
|
Iraq |
19 |
12 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
|
|
Israel |
68 |
7 |
0 |
75 |
0 |
|
|
Year 1998 |
Nationality |
New Permits |
Renewals |
Group |
Issued |
Refused |
|
Ivory Coast |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
Jamaica |
2 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
Japan |
112 |
139 |
0 |
251 |
10 |
|
|
Jordan |
6 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
|
|
Kenya |
10 |
8 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
|
|
Korea (Republic of) |
11 |
32 |
0 |
43 |
1 |
|
|
Korea (Democratic People'sRepublic) |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
|
|
Kuwait |
6 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
|
|
Latvia |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
Lebanon |
12 |
3 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
|
|
Liberia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Libya |
15 |
10 |
0 |
25 |
2 |
|
|
Lithuania |
6 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
|
|
Macedonia |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Malaysia |
134 |
69 |
0 |
203 |
7 |
|
|
Malta |
3 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
|
|
Mauritius |
11 |
3 |
0 |
14 |
||
|
Mexico |
20 |
13 |
0 |
33 |
2 |
|
|
Moldova |
4 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
|
|
Morocco |
14 |
3 |
0 |
17 |
5 |
|
|
Mozambique |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Nepal |
5 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
|
|
New Zealand |
126 |
38 |
0 |
164 |
14 |
|
|
Nicaragua |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Nigeria |
37 |
14 |
0 |
51 |
3 |
|
|
Oman |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
|
Pakistan |
119 |
104 |
0 |
223 |
13 |
|
|
Palestine |
7 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
|
|
Panama |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Papua New Guinea |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Peru |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Philippines |
38 |
25 |
0 |
63 |
6 |
|
|
Poland |
62 |
22 |
0 |
84 |
4 |
|
|
Qatar |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Romania |
46 |
13 |
0 |
59 |
3 |
|
|
Russia |
70 |
34 |
0 |
104 |
5 |
|
|
Rwanda |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Saudi Arabia |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Sierra Leone |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
|
Singapore |
24 |
11 |
0 |
35 |
1 |
|
|
Slovak Republic |
10 |
9 |
0 |
19 |
1 |
|
|
Slovenia |
7 |
6 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
|
|
Somalia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
South Africa |
128 |
55 |
0 |
183 |
9 |
|
|
Sri Lanka |
15 |
8 |
0 |
23 |
1 |
|
|
Sudan |
23 |
11 |
0 |
34 |
0 |
|
|
Swaziland |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Switzerland |
128 |
49 |
0 |
177 |
2 |
|
|
Syria |
6 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
|
|
Taiwan |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Tanzania |
4 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
|
|
Thailand |
13 |
8 |
0 |
21 |
1 |
|
|
Trinidad |
14 |
8 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
|
|
Tunisia |
10 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
|
|
Turkey |
39 |
23 |
0 |
62 |
2 |
|
|
Uganda |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Ukraine |
6 |
7 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
|
|
Uruguay |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
U.A.E. |
10 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
|
|
U.S.A. |
1,011 |
445 |
0 |
1,456 |
27 |
|
|
U.S.S.R. |
3 |
11 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
|
|
Venezuela |
12 |
2 |
0 |
14 |
1 |
|
|
Vietnam |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Yugoslavia |
34 |
19 |
0 |
53 |
0 |
|
|
Zaire |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Zambia |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Zimbabwe |
18 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
|
|
(Group Permits) |
0 |
0 |
237 |
237 |
0 |
|
|
Total For1998 |
3,656 |
1,874 |
237 |
5,767 |
187 |
