Vol. 521 No. 1
103 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications made by foreign nationals for work permits in 1999; the number of work permits granted and refused, by country, in 1999; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16719/00]
Full details of the total number of work permits issued, renewed and refused by my Department last year, categorised by nationality, are set out in the following table.
Breakdown of permits issued, renewed and refused 1999
|
Year |
Nationality |
New |
Renewals |
Group |
Issued |
Refused |
|
1999 |
Albania |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
Algeria |
12 |
10 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
|
|
Angola |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
|
Argentina |
8 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
|
|
Armenia |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Australia |
268 |
75 |
0 |
343 |
29 |
|
|
Azerbaijan |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Bahamas |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Bahrain |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
Bangladesh |
45 |
30 |
0 |
75 |
1 |
|
|
Barbados |
3 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
|
|
Belarus |
7 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
|
|
Bosnia Herzegovina |
2 |
6 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
|
|
Botswana |
3 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
Brazil |
145 |
20 |
0 |
165 |
11 |
|
|
Brunei |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Bulgaria |
23 |
2 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
|
|
Burma |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Burundi |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Cameroon |
3 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
|
|
Canada |
142 |
41 |
0 |
183 |
10 |
|
|
Cape Verde |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Channel Islands |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Chile |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
China |
97 |
63 |
0 |
160 |
26 |
|
|
Colombia |
6 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
|
|
Comoros Islands |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Congo |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Costa Rica |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Croatia |
18 |
10 |
0 |
28 |
4 |
|
|
Cuba |
1 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
|
|
Cyprus |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
|
Czech Republic |
106 |
26 |
0 |
132 |
1 |
|
|
Egypt |
22 |
14 |
0 |
36 |
2 |
|
|
El Salvador |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Eritrea |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Estonia |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Ethiopia |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
|
Gambia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Georgia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Ghana |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
Guyana |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Hong Kong |
46 |
54 |
0 |
100 |
6 |
|
|
Hungary |
76 |
29 |
0 |
105 |
1 |
|
|
India |
242 |
145 |
0 |
387 |
10 |
|
|
Indonesia |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
Iran |
14 |
6 |
0 |
20 |
2 |
|
|
Iraq |
5 |
7 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
|
|
Israel |
43 |
14 |
0 |
57 |
0 |
|
|
Italy |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Jamaica |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Japan |
103 |
88 |
0 |
191 |
7 |
|
|
Jordan |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
|
|
Kazakhstan |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Kenya |
3 |
7 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
Korea (Democratic Peop.) |
3 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
Korea (Republic of) |
23 |
31 |
0 |
54 |
1 |
|
|
Kosovo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Kuwait |
4 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
|
Year |
Nationality |
New |
Renewals |
Group |
Issued |
Refused |
|
1999 |
Kyrghyz Republic |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Latvia |
254 |
9 |
0 |
263 |
16 |
|
|
Lebanon |
13 |
5 |
0 |
18 |
1 |
|
|
Lesotho |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Liberia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Libya |
8 |
4 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
|
|
Lithuania |
16 |
3 |
0 |
19 |
1 |
|
|
Macedonia (FYR) |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
|
Madagascar |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Malaysia |
177 |
67 |
0 |
244 |
7 |
|
|
Malta |
6 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
|
|
Mauritius |
9 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
|
|
Mexico |
21 |
9 |
0 |
30 |
2 |
|
|
Moldova |
13 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
|
|
Morocco |
5 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
|
|
Namibia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Nepal |
11 |
4 |
0 |
15 |
1 |
|
|
New Zealand |
174 |
47 |
0 |
221 |
20 |
|
|
Nicaragua |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Nigeria |
31 |
14 |
0 |
45 |
3 |
|
|
Oman |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
Pakistan |
158 |
94 |
0 |
252 |
7 |
|
|
Palestine |
14 |
5 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
|
Panama |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Peru |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
|
Philippines |
101 |
48 |
0 |
149 |
10 |
|
|
Poland |
157 |
37 |
0 |
194 |
3 |
|
|
Romania |
84 |
10 |
0 |
94 |
21 |
|
|
Russian Federation |
143 |
56 |
0 |
199 |
6 |
|
|
Rwanda |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Senegal |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Sierra Leone |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
Singapore |
24 |
4 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
|
|
Slovakia |
23 |
9 |
0 |
32 |
1 |
|
|
Slovenia |
7 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
|
|
Somalia |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
South Africa |
294 |
57 |
0 |
351 |
12 |
|
|
Sri Lanka |
10 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
1 |
|
|
Sudan |
26 |
8 |
0 |
34 |
0 |
|
|
Switzerland |
167 |
49 |
0 |
216 |
4 |
|
|
Syria |
6 |
6 |
0 |
12 |
1 |
|
|
Taiwan |
4 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
|
|
Tanzania |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
Thailand |
27 |
10 |
0 |
37 |
0 |
|
|
Trinidad & Tobago |
15 |
4 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
|
Tunisia |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
|
|
Turkey |
45 |
15 |
0 |
60 |
4 |
|
|
Uganda |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Ukraine |
42 |
7 |
0 |
49 |
1 |
|
|
United Arab Emir. |
17 |
1 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
|
|
United States of Amer. |
593 |
300 |
0 |
893 |
33 |
|
|
Uruguay |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Uzbekistan |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
Venezuela |
5 |
5 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
Vietnam |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
West Indies |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Yugoslavia (Feder.) |
25 |
22 |
0 |
47 |
0 |
|
|
Zimbabwe |
10 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
|
|
1999 |
(Group Permits) |
0 |
0 |
269 |
269 |
0 |
|
Totals |
4292 |
1654 |
269 |
6,215 |
287 |
