S.I. No. 119/2025 - Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2025

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 8th April, 2025.

I, PETER BURKE, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 4 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 15 , 18 , 19 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 49 , 50 and 63 of the Employment Permits Act 2024 (No. 17 of 20), hereby make the following regulations:

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2025.

Commencement

2. These Regulations come into operation on 7 April 2025.

Definitions

3. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Employment Permits Regulations 2024 ( S.I. No. 444 of 2024 ).

Amendment of Schedule 5 to Principal Regulations

4. Schedule 5 (as amended by Regulation 5 of the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 ( S.I. No. 64 of 2025 )) to the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a) in the entry for “Car mechanic, Motor mechanic, Auto electrician, Motor vehicle technician”—

(i) in Column 2, by substituting “251” for “200”, and

(ii) in Column 3, by substituting “7th April 2025” for “30 October 2024”,

(b) in the entry for “HGV/Bus mechanic”—

(i) in Column 2, by substituting “97” for “200”, and

(ii) in Column 3, by substituting “7th April 2025” for “2nd September 2024”, and

(c) in the entry for “Vehicle body builder and repairer / Body Shop Panel Beater”—

(i) in Column 2, by substituting “50” for “17”, and

(ii) in Column 3, by substituting “7th April 2025” for “2nd September 2024”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

3 April, 2025.

PETER BURKE,

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations are made under the Employment Permits Act 2024 . They amend the Employment Permits Regulations 2024 by—

- increasing the quota of General Employment Permits for employment as a car mechanic, motor mechanic, auto electrician or motor vehicle technician by 200 permits,

- increasing the quota of General Employment Permits for employment as a HGV/bus mechanic by 200 permits, and

- increasing the quota of General Employment Permits for employment as a vehicle body builder and repairer or body shop panel beater by 50 permits.

These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2025.