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Permit Pulse: August 2022

Ireland issued 3,536 employment permits in August 2022, down 11% on July and up 157% on August 2021.

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The month in numbers

August 2022 at a glance

This month

3,536

Down 11% on the month before

Same month last year

1,376

Up 157% on it

Year to date

27,652

Up 190% on 2021

Employers with a permit this month

1,312

268 for the first time

Twelve months to August

Aug
3,536
Jul
3,956
Jun
3,877
May
3,996
Apr
4,012
Mar
3,458
Feb
2,539
Jan 22
2,278
Dec
2,018
Nov
1,553
Oct
1,588
Sep 21
1,588

Permits issued per month, all employers, all permit types.

What the numbers say

Ireland issued 3,536 employment permits in August 2022, down 11% on July and up 157% on August 2021.

That brings the year to 27,652 permits, up 190% on the same point in 2021.

1,312 employers received at least one permit in the month, 268 of them for the first time.

Google Ireland Limited took the most, with 92.

Busiest counties: Dublin (1,688), Cork (219), Limerick (178).

Who took them

The 15 employers issued the most permits in August

Open an employer for its month-by-month pattern, its address and how to approach it.

#EmployerCountyAugMonth beforeAug 20212022 to date
1Google Ireland LimitedDublin926931580
2Mowlam Healthcare Services Unlimited CompanyLimerick88247206
3Amazon Development Centre Ireland LimitedDublin758511453
4Ernst & Young545229476
5Deloitte Ireland LLP51305241
6Amazon Web Services EMEA SARLDublin386112258
7Meta Platforms Ireland LimitedDublin37360202
8VIEC ltdDublin34250135
9Accenture LimitedDublin323411239
10Mastercard Ireland LimitedDublin32340136
11HSE/University Limerick Hospitals GroupLimerick3147085
12Broadridge Ireland LimitedDublin3023158
13Brehon Care ULC281135
14Grant Thornton28131145
15Costern Unlimited CompanyDublin253335

New to permits

268 employers took their first ever permit in August

A first permit usually means a company has just found out it can hire this way. These are the ones with the most.

EmployerCountyPermits
Premier Precast Solutions LimitedCork9
Aiden Sheridan Roofing, Cladding & Carpentry Limited5
Boldcrest LimitedLimerick3
Lakedale Leisure LimitedCork3
Ldjn Films DACDublin3
MHLB LimitedDublin3
Montenotte Hotel Ltd.Cork3
Poly Communications International Unlimited CompanyDublin3
Robinson Distribution LtdLaois3
Skerries Inns Holdings Ltd T/A Blue Cafè Bar3

Where

Permits by county in August

Counted from the employers' registered addresses, so a head office in Dublin carries the permits for sites elsewhere.

Dublin (563 employers)
1,688
Cork (69 employers)
219
Limerick (29 employers)
178
Galway (34 employers)
80
Kildare (29 employers)
76
Waterford (15 employers)
67
Meath (21 employers)
61
Wexford (11 employers)
39
Tipperary (16 employers)
33
Donegal (9 employers)
32

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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.

Is this your organisation? To update what is shown here, or for more information, email us. The figures come from the published register; we cannot change the register itself, only how it is presented here.

Permit Pulse is compiled by Sama Talent Group from the Department's published permits-by-company figures. Figures for a month can be revised in later publications.