{"id":532,"date":"2023-11-07T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T07:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/?p=532"},"modified":"2026-09-14T15:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T14:45:14","slug":"a-guide-to-the-ireland-healthcare-assistant-permit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-the-ireland-healthcare-assistant-permit\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland Healthcare Assistant Permit: 2026 Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Ireland healthcare assistant permit<\/strong> has its own salary threshold, separate from and well below the general one, and it changed on <strong>1 March 2026<\/strong>. It is now <strong>EUR 32,691<\/strong> a year, with a minimum hourly rate of <strong>EUR 16.12<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is also a larger point that this page is the right place to make: for care work specifically, <strong>Ireland is open where the UK is closed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-the-ireland-healthcare-assistant-permit\/#The_thresholds_and_which_one_applies_to_you\" >The thresholds, and which one applies to you<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-the-ireland-healthcare-assistant-permit\/#Why_Ireland_specifically_for_care_work\" >Why Ireland, specifically, for care work<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-the-ireland-healthcare-assistant-permit\/#What_the_permit_actually_requires\" >What the permit actually requires<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-the-ireland-healthcare-assistant-permit\/#The_roadmap_and_why_timing_matters\" >The roadmap, and why timing matters<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-the-ireland-healthcare-assistant-permit\/#What_to_do\" >What to do<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_thresholds_and_which_one_applies_to_you\"><\/span><strong>The thresholds, and which one applies to you<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Permit<\/th><th>From 1 March 2026<\/th><th>Previously<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Healthcare assistants and home support workers<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>EUR 32,691<\/strong>, and at least EUR 16.12 an hour<\/td><td>EUR 30,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>General Employment Permit<\/td><td>EUR 36,605<\/td><td>EUR 34,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Critical Skills, with a relevant degree<\/td><td>EUR 40,904<\/td><td>EUR 38,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Critical Skills, relying on experience instead<\/td><td>EUR 68,911<\/td><td>EUR 64,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>Irish employment permit thresholds, 2026. All rose on the same date by roughly 6 to 8 per cent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first row is the one that matters here, and it is worth knowing it exists. Ireland deliberately sets a lower floor for healthcare assistants and home support workers than for general employment, which is how the route stays usable for a role that does not pay EUR 36,605. If you have been told you need the General Employment Permit figure, you have been told the wrong number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hourly rate matters as much as the annual one. At EUR 16.12 an hour, a contract with too few guaranteed hours can fail the threshold even where the hourly rate is fine, so check both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Ireland_specifically_for_care_work\"><\/span><strong>Why Ireland, specifically, for care work<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because the obvious alternative closed. On <strong>22 July 2025<\/strong> the UK closed the care worker and senior care worker occupations to <strong>new overseas applicants<\/strong>. Existing holders can extend and switch sponsor until 22 July 2028, and providers can still recruit care workers already in the country, but the route in from abroad is shut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ireland did not do that. For a care worker outside Europe, that single difference makes Ireland the more realistic English-speaking destination in 2026. See <a href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/care-worker-jobs-abroad-2026\/\">what is actually open to care workers<\/a> for the full picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two further Irish advantages worth weighing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>No health surcharge.<\/strong> The UK charges GBP 1,035 per person per year, payable up front, which is GBP 20,700 for a family of four over five years. Ireland has no equivalent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>English-language workplace<\/strong> with no separate language certificate to obtain, which is increasingly unusual: the UK now requires CEFR B2 for new applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_the_permit_actually_requires\"><\/span><strong>What the permit actually requires<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond the salary, the conditions are the ordinary ones for an Irish employment permit, and the ones that catch people are about the employer rather than about you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A job offer from an Irish employer<\/strong> with a contract meeting the threshold, both annually and hourly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A labour market needs test<\/strong> in most cases, unless the role is exempt. This is the employer&#8217;s step and the one that most often stalls.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The 50:50 rule.<\/strong> Irish employers generally must have at least half their staff from the EEA. A very small employer may therefore be unable to sponsor you regardless of willingness, and it is worth asking early.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Relevant experience or qualifications<\/strong> for the role, with any care qualification documented.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That third point is the Irish equivalent of asking whether a UK employer holds a sponsor licence: a question about the employer that decides your application, and one you can ask in the first conversation rather than the fourth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_roadmap_and_why_timing_matters\"><\/span><strong>The roadmap, and why timing matters<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1 March 2026 increase was not a one-off. It is the first step of a <strong>published roadmap<\/strong> of gradual threshold rises running through <strong>2030<\/strong>, set out deliberately so that employers and applicants could plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two consequences. <strong>Earlier is easier<\/strong>: the bar you clear this year is lower than the one you will face in two. And a salary that clears the floor narrowly today may not clear it at renewal, so if you are negotiating, negotiate against the roadmap rather than against today&#8217;s number. Full detail in <a href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/how-to-apply-for-a-critical-skills-employment-permit-in-ireland\/\">the Irish employment permit thresholds<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_to_do\"><\/span><strong>What to do<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Check the offer against both figures<\/strong>: EUR 32,691 a year and EUR 16.12 an hour. A contract can pass one and fail the other.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ask about the 50:50 rule<\/strong> early. It is an employer constraint that no amount of willingness overcomes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Document any care qualification<\/strong> and your experience in detail, with duties and hours.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Compare Ireland with the UK honestly.<\/strong> For care work the UK route from abroad is closed, which settles it for most people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Never pay for a job offer.<\/strong> Care work is one of the three sectors where placement fraud concentrates.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/how-to-apply-for-a-critical-skills-employment-permit-in-ireland\/\">the Critical Skills permit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/the-ireland-critical-skills-occupation-list\/\">the Critical Skills occupation list<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/how-to-get-a-job-offer-in-ireland-step-by-step-guide\/\">getting an Irish job offer<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/jobs\">Browse Irish healthcare and care roles with visa sponsorship<\/a> on our board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Last checked September 2026. Thresholds rose on 1 March 2026 and rise again on a published roadmap to 2030. 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