Employment Permits
Annual employment permits issued and refused by nationality.
Source: Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (DETE). Annual counts published for each year since 2009; this dashboard covers 2020 onwards. Not all permit applications result in a permit — the refusal rate reflects a mix of factors including whether the role qualified under the eligibility criteria, the strength of the employer's job offer, and specific occupation-list rules. Read more →
Affects both charts, the Yearly totals table, and the Top countries table. Country drill-downs always show the full 2020–2026 range.
Permits issued by continent, 2020–2026
Continent-level totals for the selected period. Bar lengths use logarithmic scale so smaller continents remain visible. Antarctica and unrecorded nationalities are excluded from this chart (they appear as edge cases in the tables below).
Yearly totals
Permits issued and refused per year. Refusal rate = refused ÷ (issued + refused). 2026 covers January–June only. YoY change is hidden when a year filter is active.
| Year | Issued | Refused | Total decisions | Refusal rate | YoY change (issued) |
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Top 15 nationalities, 2020–2026
Permits issued during the selected period, sorted by volume. Bar lengths use logarithmic scale so smaller nationalities remain visible.
Top countries
All 0 nationalities with data, showing permits issued during all years, 2020–2026. Click a row to see the year-by-year breakdown for that country (drill-down always shows the full 2020–2026 range regardless of filter).
| Country | Continent | Issued ↓ |
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