Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2016

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 33/2016
• Year: 2016

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th January, 2016.

I, RICHARD BRUTON, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 14 (as amended by section 17 of the Employment Permits (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 26 of 2014)) of the Employment Permits Act 2006 (No. 16 of 2006), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

(2) The Principal Regulations, the Employment Permits (Trusted Partner) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 172 of 2015 ), the Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 349 of 2015 ), the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 602 of 2015 ) and these Regulations may be cited together as the Employment Permits Regulations 2014 to 2016 and shall be construed together as one.

2. These Regulations come into operation on 1 February 2016.

3. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Employment Permits Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 432 of 2014 ).

4. The Principal Regulations are amended by substituting for Schedules 3 and 4 (as amended by Regulation 9 of the Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2015) the following:

“Regulations 15, 26, 27, 40, 61 and 62

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 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 • 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 • 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 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 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 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 246 Quality and Regulatory Professionals 2461 Quality control and planning engineers 2462 Quality assurance and regulatory professionals 2463 Environmental health professionals 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).

Regulations 15, 26, 27, 32, 39, 57

Schedule 4

Employments in respect of which an employment permit shall not be granted

SOC-3 Categories of employment SOC-4 Employment 122 Managers in Hospitality and Leisure Services 1221 Hotel and accommodation managers 1223 Restaurant and catering establishment managers 1224 Publicans and managers of licensed premises 1225 Leisure and sports facilities managers 1226 Travel agency managers 124 Managers in Health and Care Services 1242 Residential, day and domiciliary care managers 125 Managers in Other Services 1251 Property, housing and estate managers 1252 Garage managers 1253 Hairdressing and beauty salon managers 1254 Shopkeepers — wholesale and retail 1255 Waste disposal and environmental services managers 1259 Other managers in other services (includes Betting shop manager, Graphic design manager, Library manager, Plant hire manager, Production manager) 222 Therapy Professionals 2221 Physiotherapists (with the exception of a physiotherapist affiliated to a particular sporting organisation applying for a Sport and Cultural Employment Permit) 2222 Occupational therapists 2223 Speech and language therapists 2229 Other therapy professionals(with the exception of orthoptists, and chiropractors who are members of the Chiropractic Association of Ireland) 244 Welfare Professionals 2442 Social workers 2443 Probation officers 2449 Other welfare professionals 311 Science, Engineering and Production Technicians 3114 Building and civil engineering technicians 312 Draughtspersons and Related Architectural Technicians 3121 Architectural and town planning technicians 3122 Draughtspersons 321 Health Associate Professionals 3216 Dispensing opticians 3217 Pharmaceutical technicians 3218 Dental technicians 3219 Other health associate...