Ireland lifts transitional employment permit restrictions for Bulgarian and Romanian workers: "Ireland's Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (DJEI) has issued a new regulation that grants immediate unrestricted work authorisation to Bulgarian and Romanian nationals.
According to the European Commission of Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, member states of the European Union can implement measures to integrate the newest member-state nationals of Bulgaria and Romania (also known as accession-country nationals).
However, under transitional measures, all EU member states must grant full freedom of movement and access to labour markets to Bulgarians and Romanians no later than 1 January 2014.
On 20 July, the DJEI officially announced its decision to move forward the mandated transition date and abolish immediately all employment permit requirements for Bulgarian and Romanian national workers."
