Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 December 2007
227 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for business permission in each of the past five years; the number which were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33129/07]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Immigration Operations Section of my Department has provided the statistical data requested by the deputy in the table below. The data covers the past five years, from January 2003 to November 2007.
|
Year |
Applications Received |
Permission Granted |
|
2003 |
251 |
134 |
|
2004 |
350 |
97 |
|
2005 |
629 |
99 |
|
2006 |
1,179 |
108 |
|
2007 |
249 |
80 |
