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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
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“Iris Oifigiúil” of 10th November, 2020.
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I, LEO VARADKAR, Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 14 , 29 and 30 (as amended by sections 17 , 29 and 30 of the Employment Permits (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 26 of 2014)) of the Employment Permits Act 2006 (No. 16 of 2006) (as adapted by the Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 364 of 2017), hereby make the following regulations:
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1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020.
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(2) The collective citation “the Employment Permits Regulations 2017 to 2020” includes these Regulations.
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2. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Employment Permits Regulations 2017 ( S.I No. 95 of 2017 ).
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3. The Principal Regulations are amended by substituting for Schedule 3 (as amended by Regulation 7 of the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 633 of 2019 )) the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
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4. Schedule 5 to the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after paragraph 4 the following paragraph:
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“5. Vulcanus in Europe Programme (Ireland)”.
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Regulation 3
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Schedule
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New Schedule 3 to Principal Regulations
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“Regulations 18, 29, 31, 43, 44, 65 and 66
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Schedule 3
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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
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SOC-3
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Employment category
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SOC-4
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Employments
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112
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Production Managers and Directors
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1122
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Site Manager
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113
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ICT Professionals
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1136
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Information technology and telecommunications directors
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118
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Health and Social Services Managers and Directors
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1181
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Senior health services and public health managers and directors
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211
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Natural and Social Science Professionals
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2111
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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
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2112
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• 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
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2113
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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
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212
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Engineering Professionals
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2121
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• Civil Engineers
• Structural Engineers and Site Engineers
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2122
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Mechanical engineers
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2123
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Electrical engineers
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2124
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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
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2126
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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
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2127
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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
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2129
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• Material scientists
• Setting Out Engineer
• Façade Designer
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213
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Information Technology and Telecommunications Professionals
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2133
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IT specialist managers
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2134
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IT project and programme managers
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