About 1,000 staff recruited to Ireland to work as healthcare assistants under work permit scheme in 2021 on pay of €27,000
The minimum salary required to apply for a visa for a spouse to come to Ireland is €30,000 and to bring one child in addition to this is €33,000. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
The minimum salary required to apply for a visa for a spouse to come to Ireland is €30,000 and to bring one child in addition to this is €33,000. The salary threshold is higher to bring two children or more. “We didn’t come to the Dáil straight away to protest. First, we made representations through TDs, and brought it to the Minister, and still no decision has been made, so we decided to come out and stand here today,” Joy said.
“We thought it would be okay for one year and then we hoped to be together. But now we are heartbroken. I am happy caring for people here but without family we are nothing,” she said. Former People Before Profit TD Ruth Coppinger said she was helping the workers organise the protest because “they’re essential workers and I think they’re being treated in a very exploitative and cruel way by the Government’s permit system”.
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