Irish employer · Kilkenny
B.K.E. Care Limited
12 employment permits issued in 2026, ranked 399 of 7,732 Irish employers with permits this year.
Month by month
2026
Permits issued by month. A run of months usually means an ongoing programme, not a one-off hire.
What the numbers say
2026 is the first year B.K.E. Care Limited appears in the permit figures.
What this tells you
A working relationship with the permit system
B.K.E. Care Limited takes permits most years, which is the profile of an employer that recruits from abroad when a role cannot be filled locally and has the paperwork down.
How to approach them
Time it to the rhythm
This year B.K.E. Care Limited's permits peaked in January. Hiring rounds tend to repeat, so an application a couple of months ahead of that lands when the decision is being made.
The record
For B.K.E. Care Limited, the employment permit is a working tool rather than a one-off: 12 permits in 2026 to date, 399th of 7,732 Irish employers this year.
The 2026 pattern is spread across the year: permits in 7 of 9 published months, busiest in January (3).
On the Companies Registration Office register the business is B.k.e. Care Limited (company number 486624), a ltd - private company limited by shares incorporated in 2010, 16 years ago. Registered office: Callan Road, Co. Kilkenny,kilkenny.
Companies Registration Office
The company behind the name
- Registered name
- B.k.e. Care Limited
- Company number
- 486624
- Type
- LTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
- Incorporated
- 13 July 2010
- Status
- Normal
- Registered office
- Callan Road, Co. Kilkenny,kilkenny, R95 CV99
- Last annual return
- 13 January 2026
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What you need to work here
- A job offer and a contract of employment signed by you and the employer before anything is submitted. Applications must reach the Department at least 12 weeks before the start date.
- The right permit for the job. Most trades and driving roles go through a General Employment Permit, which is issued for 2 years and can be renewed. Roles on the Critical Skills list use a Critical Skills Employment Permit.
- Pay at or above the minimum for the permit. For a General Employment Permit the Department currently lists it as generally EUR 36,605 a year, with lower figures for meat processing, horticulture, healthcare assistants and home support. Check the official figure for your role before you rely on it.
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Source: Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, Employment Permit Statistics. Contains Irish Public Sector Data licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. A permit issued to a company is a record of a past application. It is not a vacancy and not a promise of sponsorship.
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