General Employment Permit


This permit was formally referred to as the ‘Work Permit’. It is available to people with an annual salary of above €30,000. Only people considered ‘exceptional cases’ will be considered for jobs with a lower annual salary. A labour means test is required in order to ensure that a suitably skilled Irish or EEA worker is offered the employment opportunity. Should no suitable candidate be found within Ireland or the EEA, then the job can be offered to a non-EEA national.


Therefore, any vacancy that occurs must be advertised by the employer in the following ways: l


Advertised with the Department of Social Protection Employment Services / European Employment Services (EURES) employment network for at least 2 weeks


l l Advertised in a national newspaper for at least 3 days


Advertised in either a local newspaper or jobs website for at least 3 days. Critical Skills Employment Permit


This permit was formerly referred to as the ‘Green Card Permit’. This permit is generally available for employment positions with an average salary of over €60,000. The permit is also available for occupations with an annual salary of at least €30,000 should it appear on the ‘Highly Skilled Occupations List’. This list indicates that it is a skill which is highly required in Ireland or for which there is a general labour deficit.


Dependant/Partner/Spouse Employment Permit


This permit applies to spouses, partners and dependants of holders of Critical Skills Employment Permits or existing Green Card Permits. This permit also allows the spouse to work in Ireland.


Reactivation Employment Permit


This permit allows foreign nationals who entered the State on a valid employment permit but who fell through the system through no fault of their own, or who have been badly treated or exploited in the workplace, to work again.


Asylum Seekers


Asylum seekers have the right to apply for refugee status in Ireland. However, once in Ireland, they cannot work or leave the country. While here, they are entitled to state accommodation, healthcare, education and welfare. If they are granted refugee status, they become entitled to the same rights as any other Irish citizen. If refugee status is not granted, then the asylum seeker is deported. In 2003, the Irish government changed its policy regarding the granting of citizenship to foreign-born parents of children born in Ireland.


; Fig. 3.11 Attitudes towards immigration in Ireland


Do you think immigration has been good, bad or made little difference to Ireland?


13% 33% 2008 54%


Good Bad


Little difference 22% 2015 41% 37%


MIGRATION


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