The number of employers issued with Irish work permits for overseas workers is set to surpass 2015 figures by over a third. This is according to a report from Visa & Migration experts, VisaFirst.com.
The visa experts say that the latest Government figures have revealed that year-to-date, Irish work permit applications granted totalled 8007 i.e. an increase of 31% on the 2015 figures.
VisaFirst.com believe the reasons behind this jump could be varied but are most likely down to poor or insufficient applications on the part of the employers.
Top 13 companies for first 6 months of 2016 are
1. Health Services Executive (1027)
2. Google Ireland Limited (268)
3. Accenture (158)
4. Intel and intel research (153)
5. Infosys (127)
6. Amazon (118)
7. HCL (116)
8. Ernst & Young (115)
9. HCL Technologies Ltd (60)
10. Beaumont Hospital (87) (46 last year)
11. Adelaide & Meath Hospital Incorporating The National Children's Hospital (86)
12. Facebook (77)
13. IBM (72)
Nationalities
Top 5 nationalities issued permits (new and renewed) for the period to Jun 2016 are:
1. India (1465) 30%
2. Pakistan (676) 14%
3. United States of America (425) 9%
4. Brazil (242) 5%
5. Sudan (205) 4%
Commenting on the research, Managing Director at www.visafirst.com, Edwina Shanahan said, "The growth in these figures signals a growing economy. Ireland’s business sector is emerging from a slump, and to deal with this growth it’s common for employers to bring in employees from overseas to fill positions which cannot be filled by workers from the domestic workforce."
She added, "This is a common sign in many strong economies and the fact that Ireland’s workforce is deficient in certain areas is not really something that should be seen as a negative. It’s practically impossible for any economy to have a strong workforce in absolutely every area of industry & business."
Source: www.businessworld.ie
