These Regulations amend the Employment Permits Regulations 2017 to increase the increase the quota of general employment permits for meat processor operatives, remove the quota of general employment permits for bricklayers and plasterers, replace references to “Irish Residence Permit pin” with “Irish Residence Permit Registration Number”, and add the occupations of cardiac physiologist, medical scientist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, podiatrist / chiropodist, psychologist, speech and language therapist and pharmacist to the Critical Skills Occupations List.
