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S.I. No. 333/2019 - Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019

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(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019.
(2)The Principal Regulations, the Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2018 ( S.I. No. 70 of 2018 ), the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 ( S.I. 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 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Employment Permits Regulations 2017 to 2019. Commencement 2.
(1)Subject to paragraph
(2), these Regulations come into operation on the making of these Regulations.
(2)Regulations 6, 7, 9 and 10 come into operation on 1 January
  1. Definitions
  2. In these Regulations – “Principal Regulations” means the Employment Permits Regulations 2017 ( S.I No. 95 of 2017 ); “Regulations of 2019” means the Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 138 of 2019 ). Amendment of Regulation 8 of Principal Regulations
  3. Regulation 8
(2)(b) of the Principal Regulations is amended by substituting “6” for “12”. Amendment of Regulation 10 of Principal Regulations
  1. Regulation 10 of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting “, or 120 days where the person who makes the offer of employment is an academic or 3rd level institution,” after “90 days”. Amendment of Regulation 18 of Principal Regulations
  2. Regulation 18
(1)of the Principal Regulations is amended— (
  1. a)by substituting “€32,000” for “€30,000”, (
  2. b)by substituting “€15.78” for “€14.79”, (
  3. c)by substituting “€64,000” for “€60,000”, and (
  4. d)by substituting “€31.56” for “€29.58”. Amendment of Regulation 20 of Principal Regulations 7. Regulation 20 of the Principal Regulations is amended— (
  5. a)by substituting “€64,000” for “€60,000”, and (
  6. b)by substituting “€32,000” for “€30,000”. Amendment of Regulation 30 of Principal Regulations 8. Regulation 30 (as amended by Regulation 11 of the Regulations of 2019) of the Principal Regulations is amended— (
  7. a)in paragraph
(1), by substituting “300” for “160”, and (b) in paragraph
(5)(c), by substituting “101” for “50”. Amendment of Regulation 31 of Principal Regulations 9.Regulation 31 of the Principal Regulations is amended— (a) in paragraph
(1)(a), by substituting “28” for “14”, and (b) in paragraph
(3)(b), by substituting “€64,000” for “€60,000”. Amendment of Regulation 44 of Principal Regulations 10. Regulation 44 of the Principal Regulations is amended— (a) in paragraph
(1)(a), by substituting “28” for “14”, and (b) in paragraph
(3)(b), by substituting “€64,000” for “€60,000”. Amendment of Schedule 3 to Principal Regulations
  1. The Principal Regulations are amended by substituting for Schedule 3 the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Schedule New Schedule 3 to Principal Regulations “Regulations 18, 29, 31, 43, 44, 65 and 66 Schedule 3 Employments in respect of which there is a shortage in respect of qualifications, experience or skills which are required for the proper functioning of the economy SOC-3 Employment category SOC-4 Employments 211 Natural and Social Science Professionals 2111 Chemical scientists in manufacturing (including food & beverages, medical devices), product development, analytical development, clinical co-vigilance, or biotechnology or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience 2112 •Medical laboratory scientists •Biological scientists and biochemists in manufacturing (including food & beverages, medical devices), product development, analytical development, clinical co-vigilance, or biotechnology or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience 2113 Physical scientists in manufacturing (including food & beverages, medical devices), product development, analytical development, clinical co-vigilance, or biotechnology or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience 212 Engineering Professionals 2121 •Civil engineers 2122 Mechanical engineers specialising in: •Quality control, or validation and regulation engineering (high tech industry; food and beverages), or •Mechanical engineering (especially polymer engineering skills in the areas of pharmaceuticals, medical devices or green economy), or •Chemical process engineering, or •Process automation engineering, or •Power generation, transmission and distribution, or •BIM, or •Related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience 2123 Electrical engineers specialising in: •Chip design, test engineering, or application engineering, or •Process automation engineering, or •Power generation, transmission and distribution, or •BIM, or •Related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience 2124 Electronics engineers specialising in: •Chip design, test engineering, or application engineering, or •Process automation engineering, or •Power generation, transmission and distribution, or •Related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience 2126 Design and development engineers specialising in: •Quality control, or validation and regulation engineering (high tech industry; food and beverages), or •Chip design, test engineering, or application engineering, or •Process automation engineering, or •Power generation, transmission and distribution, or •Related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience 2127 Production and process engineers specialising in: •Quality control, or validation and regulation engineering (high tech industry; food and beverages), or •Chemical process engineering, or •Process automation engineering, or •Power generation, transmission and distribution, or •Related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience 2129 Material scientists 113 ICT Professionals 1136 Information technology and telecommunications directors 213 2133 IT specialist managers 2134 IT project and programme managers 2135 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers 2136 Programmers and software development professionals 2137 Web design and development professionals 2139 All other ICT professionals not elsewhere classified 221 Health Professionals 2211 Medical practitioners 2213 Industrial Pharmacists 2217 •Radiographers •Radiation therapists •Vascular technologists/physiologists •Gastro Intestinal technologists/physiologists 2219 •Audiologists •Perfusionists 118 Health and Social Services Managers and Directors 1181 Senior health services and public health managers and directors 223 Nursing and Midwifery Professionals 2231 •Registered Nurses (RGN, MHN, ID and Children’s nurses) •Clinical Nurse Specialists •Clinical Nurse Managers •Advanced Nursing Practitioners 2232 •Registered Midwives •Clinical Midwife Specialists •Clinical Midwife Managers •Advanced Midwife Practitioners 222 Therapy Professionals 2229 Orthoptists 321 Health Associate Professionals 3218 •Prosthetists •Orthotists •Respiratory physiologist 3213 •PHECC registered Paramedics •PHECC registered Advanced Paramedic Practitioners 231 Teaching and Educational Professionals 2311 Academics who hold a qualification equivalent to Level 10 of the National Framework of Qualification in a given discipline awarded no less than two calendar years prior to the date of application for an employment permit, with a minimum of one academic year of relevant teaching experience, and the employment concerned— •is in a third level institution governed by the Irish Universities Act 1997 (No. 24 of 1997), the Institutes of Technology Act 2006 (No. 25 of 2006) and the Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018), or •involves delivering a programme largely or wholly concerned with information and communications technology, which leads to a major award at QQI level 8 and/or level 9 as validated by Quality and Qualifications Ireland 242 Business, Research and Administrative Professionals 2421 •Chartered and certified accountants and taxation experts specialising in tax, compliance, regulation, solvency, or financial management, or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience. •Qualified accountants with at least three years’ auditing experience, who are full members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and whom have relevant work experience in the areas of US GAAP reporting and Global Audit and Advisory Services and the employment concerned is in MNC Global Audit Services. •Tax consultant specialising in non-EEA tax consultancy and compliance with a professional tax qualification or legal qualification with tax specialism, and has a minimum of three years’ experience of tax consultancy requirements and regulations in the relevant non-EEA market. 2423 Management consultants and business analysts specialising in big data analytics with skills in IT, data mining, modelling, and advanced maths or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience 2424 Business and financial project management professionals specialising in finance & investment analytics, risk analytics, credit, fraud analytics or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience 2425 Actuaries, economists and statisticians specialising in big data analytics with skills in IT, data mining, modelling, and advanced maths or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience 243 Architects, Town Planners and Surveyors 2433 Quantity surveyors 2436 Construction project managers 246 Quality and Regulatory Professionals 2461 Quality control and planning engineers 2462 Quality assurance and regulatory professionals 2463 Environmental health professionals 247 Media Professionals 2473 Art Director in 2D or 3D animation, with at least one year’s experience in the role 341 Artistic, Literary and Media Occupations 3411 Animation Background and Design Artist in 2D or 3D animation, with at least one year’s experience in the role 342 Design Occupations 3421 •Location Designer in 2D or 3D animation, with at least one year’s experience in the role •Character Designer in 2D or 3D animation, with at least one year’s experience in the role •Prop Designer in 2D or 3D animation, with at least one year’s experience in the role •Animation Layout Artist in 2D or 3D animation, with at least one year’s experience in the role 344 Sports and Fitness Occupations 3442 High performance coaches and directors employed by •National sports organisations, or •High profile sports organisations engaging in international competition 354 Sales, Marketing and Related Associate Professionals 3542 Business sales executives specialising in International Sales Roles or ITB2B sales roles and with fluency in the official language, apart from English, of a state which is not a Member State of the EEA 3543 International marketing experts with required domain knowledge specialising in product strategy development and management with technical and product/service knowledge (pharmaceutical, medical devices, Software B2B, SaaS products) Note: ‘SOC-3’ and ‘SOC-4’ refer to applicable levels in the Standard Occupational Classification system (SOC 2010).” GIVEN under my Official Seal, 4 July
  2. HEATHER HUMPHREYS Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) These Regulations amend the Employment Permits Regulations 2017-2019 to provide for the following: •An increase in the minimum annual remuneration thresholds for Critical Skills Employment Permits. •The extension of the period a vacancy must be advertised on the websites hosted by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection •Extension to the period after an offer of employment or publication of notice within which an application must be made for academic/3rd level institutions •An adjustment of the maximum limit of General Employment Permits which may be granted in respect of Dairy Farm Assistant to 101 •An adjustment of the maximum limit of General Employment Permits which may be granted in respect of Boner (Meat), to 300 •Inclusion of private educational institutions on Schedule 3 for Teaching and Educational Professionals in ICT programmes plus technical amendment to Schedule 3 •Shorten the required period of validity remaining on foreign national’s passport These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations
  3. These Regulations come into operation on signing, save for Regulations 6, 7, 9 and 10 which come into operation on 1 January
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