S.I. No. 12/2024 - Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024.

(2) The collection citation “the Employment Permits Regulations 2017 to 2024” includes these Regulations.

2. Regulation 29 (as amended by Regulation 4 of the Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (

S.I. No. 8 of 2024

)) of the Employment Permits Regulations 2017 (

S.I No. 95 of 2017

) is amended by substituting for subparagraphs (a) and (b) the following

“(a) in the case of employment as—

(i) a health care assistant,

(ii) a care worker, or

(iii) a home carer,

the minimum annual remuneration is €27,000 and in respect of which the minimum hourly rate of remuneration is €13.31,

(b) in the case of employment as—

(i) a horticulture worker, or

(ii) a meat processor operative,

the minimum remuneration is €30,000 and in respect of which the minimum hourly rate of remuneration is €14.79, and

(c) in any other case, the minimum annual remuneration is €34,000 and in respect of which the minimum hourly rate of remuneration is €16.77.”.

GIVEN under my hand,

17 January 2024

NEALE RICHMOND,

Minister of State at the Department of 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 amend the Employment Permits Regulations 2017 to adjust an amendment made in relation to the minimum annual remuneration and hourly rates of remuneration payable under General Employment Permits.

These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

19

th January,

2024.

I, NEALE RICHMOND, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, 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 Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (

S.I. No. 519 of 2020

)) and the Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 (

S.I. No. 14 of 2023

), hereby make the following regulations