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S.I. No. 273/2022 - Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2022

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(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
(2)The Principal Regulations, the Regulations 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 Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 138 of 2019 ), the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 333 of 2019 ), the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 633 of 2019 ), the Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No. 156 of 2020 ), the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No. 510 of 2020 ), the Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2021 ( S.I. No. 286 of 2021 ), the Regulations of 2021 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Employment Permits Regulations 2017 to 2022. Definitions 2. In these Regulations— “Principal Regulations” means the Employment Permits Regulations 2017 ( S.I No. 95 of 2017 ); “Regulations of 2018” means the Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2018 ( S.I. No. 70 of 2018 ); “Regulations of 2021” means the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 ( S.I. No. 559 of 2021 ). Amendment of Regulation 8 of Principal Regulations 3. Regulation 8
(2)(c)(I) (as amended by Regulation 5(b) of the Regulations of 2018) of the Principal Regulations is amended by substituting “Irish Residence Permit Registration Number, or if neither is available” for “Irish Residence Permit pin, or if neither pin is available”. Amendment of Regulation 9 of Principal Regulations 4. Regulation 9
(2)(c)(I) (as amended by Regulation 6(
  1. b)of the Regulations of 2018) of the Principal Regulations is amended by substituting “Irish Residence Permit Registration Number, or if neither is available” for “Irish Residence Permit pin, or if neither pin is available”. Amendment of Regulation 30 of Principal Regulations 5. Regulation 30 (as amended by Regulation 5 of the Regulations of 2021) of the Principal Regulations is amended— (
  2. a)in paragraph
(5)(b), by substituting “425” for “1,625”, and (b) by deleting paragraph
(7). Amendment of Schedule 3 to Principal Regulations
  1. The Principal Regulations are amended by substituting for Schedule 3 (as amended by Regulation 6 of the Regulations of 2021) the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Regulation 6 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 112 Production Managers and Directors 1122 Site Manager 113 ICT Professionals 1136 Information technology and telecommunications directors 118 Health and Social Services Managers and Directors 1181 Senior health services and public health managers and directors 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 • Structural Engineers and Site Engineers 2122 Mechanical engineers 2123 Electrical engineers 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 • Setting Out Engineer • Façade Designer 213 Information Technology and Telecommunications Professionals 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 2212 Psychologist 2213 • Industrial Pharmacists • Pharmacist 2217 • Radiographers • Radiation therapists • Vascular technologists/physiologists • Gastro Intestinal technologists/physiologists 2218 • Podiatrist/Chiropodist 2219 • Audiologists • Perfusionists • Dietician • Cardiac physiologist • Medical Scientist 222 Therapy Professionals 2221 Physiotherapist 2222 Occupational Therapist 2223 Speech & Language Therapist 2229 Orthoptists 223 Nursing and Midwifery Professionals 2231 Registered Nurses 2232 Registered Midwives 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 2431 Architect 2433 Quantity surveyors 2435 Architectural Technologist 2436 Construction project managers 244 Welfare Professionals 2442 Social Worker 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 321 Health Associate Professionals 3213 • PHECC registered Paramedics • PHECC registered Advanced Paramedic Practitioners 3218 • Prosthetists • Orthotists • Respiratory physiologist 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 hand, 14 June
  2. Damien English, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. 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 to— • 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 in Schedule
  3. These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations
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