S.I. No. 259/2012 - Immigration Act 2004 (Start-Up Entrepreneur Programme) (Application for Permission) (Fee) Regulations 2012.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 24th July, 2012.

I, ALAN SHATTER, Minister for Justice and Equality, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 19 (as amended by section 34 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (No. 23 of 2011)) and 20 of the Immigration Act 2004 (No. 1 of 2004) (as adapted by the Justice and Law Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minster Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 138 of 2011 )), with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration Act 2004 (Start-Up Entrepreneur Programme) (Application for Permission) (Fee) Regulations 2012.

2. In these Regulations “Start-Up Entrepreneur Programme” means the programme of that name, approved by the Government on 24 January 2012, the guidelines for which are published on the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS).

3. The amount of €350 is prescribed as the fee in respect of the making of an application for a permission under the Start-Up Entrepreneur Programme.

4. The fee prescribed in Regulation 3 is waived in respect of persons applying under the Start-Up Entrepreneur Programme who have been sponsored by Enterprise Ireland.

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,

18 July 2012.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

18 July 2012.

ALAN SHATTER,

Minister for Justice and Equality.