Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 31 January 2007
1133 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits applied for in the past 12 months; the numbers approved, rejected or pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3040/07]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Employment Permits Section of my Department only records the number of valid Work Permit applications made. Some applications are rejected in a pre-screening process, for example, if they are evidently outside the criteria for granting a Work Permit or lack the required documentation and are not captured in the statistics.
The number of valid Work Permit applications received was 26,000, the number issued was 24,848 (which include 7299 new permits), the number rejected was 1,158 and the number of applications pending at 31st December 2006 was 3,380.
