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05 Mar 2025

2024 statistics on employment permits released

  On 2 January 2025, the Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment released statistics on employment permits for 2024. There was a total of 39,390 permits issued, 2,456 were refused, and 1,064 were withdrawn. Since 2021 there have been some fluctuations in the number of employment permits issued. While 2024 saw an increase of a little over 8,000 from the … Read More

03 Mar 2025

New joint EMN-OECD inform examines innovative strategies to attract foreign talent

  The latest joint European Migration Network (EMN) – OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) inform examines new and innovative ways to attract foreign talent used by EMN Member Countries and selected non-EMN OECD countries, covering the period January 2021 and March 2024. Based on input from 21 EMN Member Countries and data provided by the OECD, on OECD … Read More

21 Jan 2025

Latest Annual Report on Migration and Asylum shows nuanced picture of progress and challenge

  The European Migration Network (EMN) Ireland and the Economic and Social Research Institute have jointly published this annual review of migration and asylum in Ireland. With an overview of the latest data as well as policy and operational developments, research, and case law from 2023, this report is a comprehensive reference that gives an opportunity to view the entire … Read More