Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2021.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2021.
(2) The Principal Regulations, the Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2018 ( S.I. No. 70 of 2018 ), the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (No. 163 of 2018), the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2018 ( S.I. No. 318 of 2018 ), the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2018 ( S.I. No. 550 of 2018 ), the Regulations of 2019, the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 333 of 2019 ), the Regulations (No. 3) of 2019, the Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No. 156 of 2020 ), the Regulations of 2020 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Employment Permits Regulations 2017 to 2021.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
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paragraphs: Regulation 8(2) (as amended by Regulation 4 of the Regulations (No. 3) of 2019) of the Principal Regulations is amended—
(a) in subparagraph (l), by substituting “the application is made;” for “the application is made; and”,
(b) in subparagraph (m), by substituting “(including language training); and” for “(including language training).”, and
(c) by inserting after subparagraph (m) the following subparagraph:
“(n) in the case of an application for employment as a healthcare assistant, where the foreign national in respect of whom the application is made has been in employment in the State on an employment permit as a healthcare assistant for two years or more, a copy of the foreign national’s relevant Level 5 Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) qualification.”.
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paragraphs: Regulation 9(2) (as amended by Regulation 7(a) of the Regulations of 2019) of the Principal Regulations is amended—
(a) in subparagraph (k), by substituting “as may be required;” for “as may be required; and”,
(b) in subparagraph (l), by substituting “permit holder; and” for “permit holder.”, and
(c) by inserting after subparagraph (l) the following subparagraph:
“(m) in the case of an application for employment as a healthcare assistant, where the permit holder in respect of whom the application is made has been in employment in the State on an employment permit as a healthcare assistant for two years or more, a copy of the permit holder’s relevant Level 5 Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) qualification.”.
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paragraphs: Regulation 29(1) (as amended by Regulation 10 of the Regulations of 2019) of the Principal Regulations is amended by substituting for subparagraphs (dd) and (e) the following subparagraphs:
“(e) in the case of employment as a horticulture worker, meat processor operative or dairy farm assistant, the minimum remuneration is €22,000 and in respect of which the minimum hourly rate of remuneration is €10.85,
(f) in the case of employment as a healthcare assistant, the minimum remuneration is €27,000 and in respect of which the minimum hourly rate of remuneration is €13.31, or
(g) in any other case, the minimum annual remuneration is €30,000 and in respect of which the minimum hourly rate of remuneration is €14.79.”.