Consultation on Proposed Guiding Principles to frame the State’s Economic Migration Policy21st March 2018 | Closed ConsultationsThe Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation invites submissions to a public consultation on proposed Guiding Principles to frame the State’s economic migration policy. The focus of the employment permits regime in recent years has been to ensure that the skills requirements of enterprise in the State can be met through economic migration where necessary. However, as the State approaches full employment, labour as well as skills needs are beginning to manifest.In this context, it is timely to undertake a review of the economic migration policies underpinning the current employment permits system, to ensure they are fully supportive of Ireland’s emerging labour market needs, be they skills or labour shortages in certain sectors.The purpose of this consultation is to seek your views on the nature and extent of skills and labour shortages and how they might be addressed.The closing date for submissions is 5pm, Wednesday, 18 April 2018.Respondents are requested to make their submissions by email to empu@dbei.gov.ieFor your convenience, see attached the Law Reform Commission consolidation of the Employment Permits Act 2006, as amended by the 2014 Act; plus the Employment Permits Regulations 2017 and 2018. DocumentsProposed EP Guiding Principles - Public Consultation » docx (48 KB) Consolidation of Employment Permits Act » pdf (1462 KB) SI No 95 of 2017 Employment Permits Regulations 2017 » pdf (1177 KB) SI No 70 of 2018 Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2018 » pdf (678 KB) Submissions 1-8 on Consultation on Proposed EP Guiding Principles » pdf (2126 KB) Submissions 9-16 on Consultation on Proposed EP Guiding Principles » pdf (3326 KB) Submissions 17-22 on Consultation on Proposed EP Guiding Principles » pdf (3779 KB) Submissions 23-27 on Consultation on Proposed EP Guiding Principles » pdf (2578 KB) Submissions 28-34 on Consultation on Proposed EP Guiding Principles » pdf (3792 KB) Published by Workplace Regulation and Economic Migration Topics: Employment Permits Back to Top Share This