Immigration rules ‘need radical reform’

IRELAND’S immigration rules need radical reform to fast-track visa applications for overseas finance workers, it was claimed yesterday.

Financial Services Ireland director Aileen O’Donoghue urged the Government to adopt special migration measures for the financial sector.

“Our industrial policy is geared to attracting investment from key non-EU jurisdictions such as the US, but our migration policy makes it difficult to bring senior staff to Ireland,” she said. “This does not make sense and needs to be reformed swiftly.”