MAIrish employer · Dublin
Mastercard Ireland Limited
77 employment permits issued in 2026, ranked 35 of 7,732 Irish employers with permits this year. 1,277 permits across 15 years since 2012.
Month by month
2026
Permits issued by month. A run of months usually means an ongoing programme, not a one-off hire.
Year by year
Since 2012
What the numbers say
77 permits so far in 2026, against 89 in the whole of 2025.
Permits were issued in 9 of the 9 months published so far, which points to an ongoing hiring programme, not a one-off.
Busiest full year: 2022 with 492 permits. First year on record: 2012.
Companies Registration Office
The company behind the name
- Registered name
- Mastercard Ireland Limited
- Company number
- 499963
- Type
- LTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
- Incorporated
- 14 June 2011
- Status
- Normal
- Registered office
- One South County, South County Business Park, Dublin,dublin 18, D18 E3HR
- Last annual return
- 2 July 2026
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The record
Few employers in Dublin recruit from abroad at the scale of Mastercard Ireland Limited: 77 permits so far in 2026, ranking it 35th of 7,732 nationally.
Over 15 years since 2012, Mastercard Ireland Limited has taken 1,277 employment permits, averaging 86 a year and reaching 492 in 2022. Use has fallen over the last three full years, which can mean the roles were filled, the need passed, or hiring moved elsewhere.
Month by month, Mastercard Ireland Limited has taken permits in 9 of the 9 months on record for 2026. That is continuous hiring, not a one-off, with July the peak at 19.
Mastercard Ireland Limited is the registered name (CRO number 499963): a ltd - private company limited by shares, 15 years on the register. The registered address is One South County, South County Business Park, Dublin,dublin 18.
What this tells you
A permit desk, not a one-off
Mastercard Ireland Limited processes permits at a volume that means someone inside the company does this regularly. Applications will be clean, timelines known, and a candidate who arrives with the right documents will not be the first they have seen.
How to approach them
Time it to the rhythm
This year Mastercard Ireland Limited's permits peaked in July. Hiring rounds tend to repeat, so an application a couple of months ahead of that lands when the decision is being made.
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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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