Increase to Quota for Care Workers and Home carers The Minister for Enterprise Tourism and Employment Peter Burke last week announced that effective from the 10th of March 2025, an additional 1000 General Employment Permits have been added to the quota for care workers and carers in the home. This reflects the significant need for [...]
The Employment Permits Act 2024 was enacted on the 2nd of September 2024, introducing a new Seasonal Employment Permit at the time. On the 19th of February 2025, the Seasonal Employment Permit program was formally commenced. What does this mean The Seasonal Employment Permit will allow non-EEA nationals to work from the 14th of April [...]
Over the past month, the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment have posted a number of updates regarding minimum remuneration requirements and quotas for employment permits. Here is a summary of the updates. Deferral of increase to Minimum Annual Remuneration In December 2023, the DETE announced a number of changes to the minimum salary requirements [...]
The Employment Permits Act 2024 was enacted on the 2nd of September 2024. The new Act is the most significant change to the Irish employment legislation and landscape in recent years. The purpose of the Act is to consolidate and modernise the Irish Employment Permit system bringing it in line with modern day employment practices. [...]
In a further announcement, the Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Peter Burke have announced that they have received Government consent to commence work on the implementation of a single permit to work and live in Ireland. At present Non-EEA nationals who are outside of the State and need [...]
It has been announced by the Minister for Justice that as of the 15th of May 2024, eligible spouses and partners of General Employment Permit and Intra-Company Transfer Employment Permit holders are now eligible for a Stamp 1G permission to remain. To date spouses in this category have only been entitled to permission to remain [...]
In November 2013 the practice of Stamp 4 support letters issuing by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment for Critical Skills Employment Holders was abolished. Since then, persons applying for a Stamp 4 permission to remain on completion of a Critical Skills Employment Permit or Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors on a Multi-Site General Employment Permit [...]
The Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail has announced significant changes to the Employment Permits system from January 2024. The main changes include: 11 Occupations added to the Critical Skills list 32 Occupations removed from the Ineligible Occupations list Salary threshold for General Employment Permits to increase from €30,000 to €34,000 per [...]
Immigration Service Delivery has just announced that from 30th November 2023, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) will no longer take applications for Stamp 4 Support letters. This will have an impact on Critical Skills Employment permit Holders and NCHC multi-site general Employment permit holders wishing to transfer to a Stamp 4 Immigration [...]
فتحت وزارة المشاريع والتجارة والتوظيف عملية التشاور بشأن مراجعة الوظائف المدرجة في قائمة المهن ذات المهارات الأساسية وقائمة المهن غير المؤهلة. تدعو عملية التشاور التي افتتحت اليوم في 26 يونيو ، الأطراف المهتمة إلى تقديم الطلبات فيما يتعلق بتعديلات هذه القوائم ، بما في ذلك حذف [...]
