Fruit and vegetable growers have warned of a major labour crisis on their farms if an employment permit scheme that allows them to hire workers from outside Europe is not expanded.
The pilot horticulture work permit scheme opened in May 2018 to allow people from non-European Economic Area (EEA) countries to work here if employers can show they cannot get workers in Ireland or EEA countries.
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