Nurses undergoing Adaptation

• An Employment Permit will issue for a period of up to 2 years which will include the Adaptation Period on foot of an application where an employer / employee relationship exists. This will mean that the applicant will have to submit supporting documentation from An Bord Altranais together with a copy of the employment contract and specify where the adaptation will take place.

• The type of Permit being applied for will depend on the duration of the job offer and on the starting salary after adaptation (i.e. < than or > than €30,000) and this must be specified in the employment contract.

• The Permit will then issue to the employee and be copied to the employer. The Permit will specify the location of employment and where the adaptation will take place if a different location is being used for that purpose.

• A condition on the issue of the Permit will be an obligation on the employer to notify this Department in circumstances where a person fails their adaptation. In those circumstances the Permit will likely be revoked and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform notified accordingly by this Department.

Doctors

The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, the Department of Health and Children, the Health Service Executive and The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service have agreed revised arrangements regarding employment permits for non-EEA doctors who are recruited to the Irish Public HealthService.

The following arrangements will apply depending on the doctor's registration with the Irish Medicial Council as follows:-

• Trainee Specialist Division - Internship Registration: Employment Permit is required from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

• Other doctors in Trainee Specialist Division – do not require an Employment Permit.

• General Division - Non-EEA non-Consultant Hospital Doctors with a job offer as a Senior House Officer or Registrar in the Public Health Service do not require a work permit. 

• Other doctors in General Division - Employment Permit is required from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

• Specialist Division - Employment Permit is required from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

Employers and employees should ensure that Employment Permit requirements are complied with.

Labour Market Needs Test

No labour market needs test will apply to Work Permit applications in respect of Nurses and Doctors.