Ireland welcomes skilled workers from abroad to work in Ireland
CSO shows that almost a quarter of additional jobs in the economy in 2013 went to foreign nationals
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The Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014 will bring in nine different ways to be granted an employment permit to non-EU nationals to make Ireland a more competitive destination for online companies.
As part of the bill, certain skills which are identified as being in short supply will be identified and applicants from abroad will be able to apply for these under the new Critical Skills Employment Permit (CSEP).
The ICT sector is a central part of government’s action plan for jobs creation. It has been identified that there is a severe shortage of suitably skilled applicants in the Irish workforce in the ICT sector. Data released by the CSO last Thursday show that almost a quarter of additional jobs in the economy in 2013 went to foreign nationals while the ratio in overall employment was at 15%. A number of other new permits are also to be initiated, these include permits that allow for the temporary transfer of workers between companies as well as a specific permit for sport and the arts.
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