Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 January 2026
1686. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to consider offering a stamp 4 residence permit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75155/25]
View answer1742. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will urgently approve the application for permission to remain of a critical skills visa holder (details supplied) who has been made redundant and is seeking further employment in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1604/26]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 1686 and 1742 together.
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.
If the applicant is successful, they will be given a temporary immigration permission to remain in the State in order to make an application for an employment permit.
Matters relating to employment permits do not fall within the remit of my Department and are a matter for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE). Further information on employment permits and the Reactivation Employment Permit scheme is available at the following link: [Reactivation Employment Permit - DETE]
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.
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: [Reactivation Employment Permit Scheme - Immigration Service Delivery]
