Work Permits

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 October 2022

Thursday, 27 October 2022

Ceisteanna (29)

Martin Kenny

Ceist:

29. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a breakdown of the number and category of employment permits that have been granted by his Department since January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53744/22]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Ireland operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market.

The system is vacancy led and designed to accommodate the arrival of non-EEA nationals to fill skills and labour gaps for the benefit of our economy, in the short to medium term, and is managed through the operation of the Critical Skills and Ineligible Occupations Lists which determine roles that are either in critical short supply or are ineligible for an employment permit.

The tables attached show the number and category of employment permits that have been granted by my Department from 1st January 2022 to 20th October 2022. Also shown below is a breakdown of the number of permits issued by economic sector for your information.

Permit Type	Total	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
Contract for Services Employment Permit	53	0	1	8	0	7	5	22	1	4	5
Critical Skills Employment Permit	17,660	1,199	1,720	2,480	1,612	1,667	1,433	1,916	2,088	2,324	1,221
Dependant/Partner/Spouse Employment Permit	18	1	1	1	2	2	4	6	0	0	1
Exchange Agreement Employment Permit	20	11	1	0	4	3	0	1	0	0	0
General Employment Permit	13,612	1,019	695	818	2,027	1,938	2,370	1,634	1,366	938	807
Internship Employment Permit	40	0	1	1	0	5	8	11	9	2	3
Intra-Company Transfer (Training) Employment Permit	67	0	1	2	2	45	0	8	1	2	6
Intra-Company Transfer Employment Permit	1,587	42	105	140	348	318	26	319	47	134	108
Reactivation Employment Permit	54	3	5	2	3	3	10	10	8	5	5
Sport and Cultural Employment Permit	132	3	9	6	14	8	21	29	17	14	11
Grand Total	33,243	2,278	2,539	3,458	4,012	3,996	3,877	3,956	3,537	3,423	2,167

Grand Total		2022
Economic Sector		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
A - Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	4,115	146	149	274	1,407	877	708	216	140	121	77
B - Mining & Quarrying	12	5	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
C - All Other Manufacturing	516	15	36	50	53	47	45	111	55	67	37
C - Manufacture of Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals	521	30	49	55	70	46	24	64	69	66	48
C - Manufacture of Computers, Electronics & Optica	513	5	48	55	87	104	29	71	40	45	29
C - Manufacture of Food, Drink & Tobacco	325	8	17	43	105	31	34	30	18	26	13
C - Manufacture of Medical Devices	263	8	17	26	28	58	10	25	35	37	19
D - Electricity & Gas & Air Conditioning Supply	164	4	9	18	16	19	14	21	30	21	12
E - Water Supply - Sewerage Waste Management & Rem	18	1	4	0	2	1	1	2	3	2	2
F - Construction	1,215	81	136	127	109	131	157	132	110	106	126
G - Wholesale & Retail Trade	256	9	22	33	34	30	19	26	33	25	25
H - Transport & Storage	394	13	21	45	75	59	16	24	46	47	48
I - Accommodation & Food Services activities	2,141	51	123	175	172	303	441	219	274	228	155
J - Information & Communication Activities	9,296	442	934	1,260	872	1,064	761	1,236	1,041	1,090	596
K - Financial & insurance Activities	2,722	143	230	379	234	226	198	300	375	420	217
L - Real Estate Activities	19	1	0	1	3	1	2	2	1	5	3
M - All other Professional, Scientific & Technical	756	13	70	64	56	92	90	122	76	95	78
M - Professional, Scientific&Technical Activities	335	10	44	69	23	32	19	42	40	39	17
N - Administrative & Support Service Activities	70	2	11	8	7	5	8	8	12	4	5
O - Public Administration & Defence	36	0	4	4	6	5	4	3	4	2	4
P - Education	157	18	13	15	13	16	14	15	23	19	11
Q - Health & Social Work Activities	7,866	1,213	461	564	496	703	1,141	1,101	930	750	507
R - Arts , Entertainment and Recreation	267	4	14	18	29	22	37	46	52	21	24
S - Other Service activities	1,264	56	126	173	115	123	104	140	129	187	111
T - Domestic- Activities of Households as Employer	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Grand Total	33,243	2,278	2,539	3,458	4,012	3,996	3,877	3,956	3,537	3,423	2,167

Question No. 30 answered with Question No. 25.