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Most Irish restaurants that look into hiring a chef from outside the EEA give up somewhere in the middle, not at the start. The rules are not especially hard — they are just spread across several places, and two of them can stop you before salary is even discussed. Here is the whole sequence in one place, from an employer's side of the table. First, check your own workforce — before you do anything else At least half of your employees must be EEA, Swiss or UK nationals. This

Yes — but only three chef grades qualify, and two conditions disqualify more applicants than everything else combined. This is the question we are asked most often, and the answer people are usually given is too optimistic. Here is the accurate version. The three eligible grades Chef roles sit on the General Employment Permit route. Chefs are not on Ireland's Critical Skills list, and were not added to it in the occupation list review that took effect on 28 May 2026. Three gr

If you are planning to work in Ireland on an employment permit, or planning to hire someone who needs one, the numbers changed on 1 March 2026. A lot of published guidance — including, until recently, parts of our own website — still shows the old figures. Here is the current position, where it came from, and what it actually changes. The new minimums Every employment permit route has a minimum annual salary the job must pay. These are the figures in force from 1 March 2026.

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