As we have already heard, a visa costs EUR 60, which is equivalent to the weekly salary of an average Belarusian citizen.

For the purpose of calculating the earnings for the granting of sickness benefit or unemployment benefit under Irish legislation, an amount equal to the average weekly wage in that year, of male and female employed persons, as applicable, shall, notwithstanding Articles 23(1) and 68(1) of the Regulation, be credited to the employed person in respect of each week of employment completed as an employed person under the legislation of another Member State during the prescribed period`;

5. For the purpose of calculating the earnings for the granting of the pay-related benefit payable under Irish legislation with sickness, maternity and unemployment benefits, an amount equal to the average weekly wage in that year of male or female employed persons, as applicable, shall, notwithstanding Articles 23 (1) and 68 (1) of the Regulation, be credited to the employed person in respect of each week of employment completed as an employed person under the legislation of another Member State during the relevant income tax year.

11. For the purpose of calculating the earnings for the granting of the earnings-related supplement provided for by United Kingdom legislation, in particular for cash benefits in respect of sickness, unemployment benefits and temporary widows' benefits, an amount equal to the average weekly wage corresponding to the average weekly rate of the earnings-related supplement which, according to the estimates, is payable to a male or female worker respectively during the current benefit year shall, notwithstanding Articles 23 (1), 47 and 68 (1) of the Regulation, be credited to the worker in respect of each week of employment completed as a wo ...[+++]rker under the legislation of another Member State during the relevant income tax year.

For the purpose of calculating the earnings for the granting of the earnings-related benefit payable under Irish legislation with sickness, maternity and unemployment benefits, an amount equal to the average weekly wage in that year of male or female workers, as applicable, shall, notwithstanding Articles 23 (1) and 68 (1) of the Regulation, be credited to the worker in respect of each week of employment completed as a worker under the legislation of another Member State during the relevant income tax year".

The average wages in the industry are over $1,000 weekly, and those are the highest average weekly wages paid by any industrial sector in the country.