Salary threshold increase deferred for healthcare assistants from outside the EEA

January 26, 2024

There were substantial increases in the salary thresholds for permit applications and renewals submitted to the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (DETE) from 17 January.

In the only departure from the changes announced on 20 December 2023, DETE agreed to defer the increase in the minimum rate of pay required to be provided to healthcare assistants from outside the EEA.