Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 May 2023
487. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if he will meet with a delegation of workers (details supplied) who are facing redundancy and are in Ireland on Stamp 1 working visas, who are highly skilled workers and would like to remain in Ireland but may now be facing the prospect of having to return to dangerous and often precarious situations in their home countries, such as Ukraine and Iran. [22555/23]
View answerI understand and appreciate the difficulties that redundancy can cause for those impacted and in particular, those who may have arrived recently to the State on an employment permit.
The Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment website at
enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/workplace-and-skills/employment-permits/redundancy/
provides detailed information on the issue and the remedies available to those on an employment permit and impacted by redundancy.
Holders of an employment permit must notify the Employment Permits Section of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment within four weeks of the redundancy on the prescribed redundancy notification form. Once the form is received and processed, they are then provided with up to six months from the date on which they were made redundant to find another job and be provided with a new employment permit.
If a person’s immigration permission is due to expire before the six month period lapses, they should attend at their local immigration office for an extension of that immigration permission to coincide with the additional period of six months granted to find suitable alternative employment. However, where the six month period is within the period of their current immigration permission then there is no need to attend at their local immigration office.
The Immigration Service and Immigration Officers in Garda Stations nationwide grant a Stamp 1 immigration permission to a non-EEA national based on their employment permit, therefore, their permission to be in the State is linked to the period provided for on the employment permit. When a person is issued with a new employment permit, or prior to the expiry of their current Stamp 1 immigration permission, the person is required to attend at their local immigration office to update their permit details and renew their permission.
Where a person is not successful in securing new employment and obtaining an employment permit in respect of an employment then the person can write to the Immigration Service by post or email at the contact details below.
Email: Unit2ResidenceDivision@justice.ie
Postal Address:
Residence Unit 2
Immigration Service Delivery
Department of Justice
13-14 Burgh Quay
Dublin 2 D02 XK70
Ireland
Any application should explain their current circumstances and set out their future intentions in the State.
