Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 December 2025
764. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72562/25]
View answerI can inform the Deputy that if a non-EEA national who holds a Critical Skills Employment Permit or a General Employment Permit is made redundant, they must inform the Department of Enterprise Tourism and Employment (DETE) within four weeks of this redundancy, and subsequently have six months to secure new employment. DETE operate the Reactivation Employment Permit scheme for such individuals.
Matters relating to employment permits do not fall within the remit of my Department and are a matter for the DETE. Further information on employment permit and the Reactivation Employment Permit scheme is available at the following link: https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/workplace-and-skills/employment-permits/permit-types/reactivation-employment-permit/
The role of my Department is to grant eligible people in this situation, who have previously legally worked in the State, a permission to remain so they can submit an application to DETE for a Reactivation Employment Permit.
Further information is available on my Department's Immigration Service website here: www.irishimmigration.ie/my-situation-has-changed-since-i-arrived-in-ireland/reactivation-employment-permit-scheme/
I can inform the Deputy that my Department has received an Extension of Work Permit Conditions (EWPC) application from the person cited, which continues to be processed.
It is important to note that no two applications are the same and some take longer than others to process. Each EWPC application is evaluated individually and the time taken to process an application varies based on a number of factors such as the number of applications on hand, the complexity of the case and the quality of the application received.
Applicants can now directly check the status of their immigration application on the Immigration Service’s Customer Service Portal. They can register for, or log in to their existing account, at: https://portal.irishimmigration.ie/en/
As an Oireachtas member, you can also request the status of individual immigration cases by e-mail, using the Oireachtas Mail facility at: IMoireachtasmail@justice.ie, which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables up to date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Question process.
