Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 July 2016
81. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of non-European Economic Area nationals registered with the Garda Síochána National Immigration Bureau since 2013 by immigration stamp category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21411/16]
View answerSection 9 of the Immigration Act 2004 places an obligation on non-Irish nationals, subject to the exemptions listed below, who have entered the State to present at their local registration office for the purpose of being placed on a register of non-nationals who have permission to reside in the State. It is important to note that European Economic Area nationals who are the subject of the EU freedom of movement legislation, of which many thousands reside in the State, are not required to register.
The categories of non-Irish nationals exempted by law from the requirement to register under section 9 of the Immigration Act 2004 include the following:
(a) a non-national under the age of 16 years;
(b) a non-national who was born in Ireland;
(c) a non-national not resident in the State who has been in the State for a period of not more than 3 months since the date of his or her last arrival in the State:
(d) a non-national seaman not resident in the State whose ship remains at a port in the State and who does not land in the State for discharge.
The stamp given to the person denotes the type of permission to remain in the State granted to the person concerned. The table below sets out the information sought by the Deputy according to permission type and corresponding stamp number.
|
Permission type |
Total from 2013 to date in 2016 |
|
Temporary and limited permission where work or engagement in business is not permitted (typically stamp 0 and stamp 3) |
34,374 |
|
Workers and those engaging in business who have obtained the necessary permits, and those in full-time training with a professional body (typically stamp 1 and stamp 1A) |
47,559 |
|
Permission to remain to undertake a course of study and not permitted to engage in full-time work or business. (typically stamp 2 and stamp 2A) |
196,397 |
|
Permission to remain for a specified duration and entitled to work or engage in business. This includes non-national spouses of Irish Nationals, persons recognised as refugees, Non-EEA spouses and family of EEA nationals (typically stamp 4 and stamp 4 EU FAM) |
214,058 |
|
Permission granted for long-term permission to remain including without condition as to time, persons holding dual citizenship or who have established an entitlement to Irish citizenship (typically stamp 5 and stamp 6) |
3,906 |
These are the main categories of non-nationals subject to registration requirements. It should be noted that in any year approximately 35% of registrations are first time registrations and the remainder are persons renewing their registration. The figures above also include persons who are registered and who have multi- year permission to remain and who therefore require to renew their registration less frequently than every 12 months. Persons are required to keep their registration officer informed of any changes to their particulars of registration. Thus, the details of the register will change from time to time and are kept updated on a regular basis.
