Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 January 2025
1061. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if a person who is on Stamp 1G critical skills permit is allowed a grace period if made redundant or dismissed after six months' employment; the length of time that is the applicable grace period for the applicant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2084/25]
View answerI understand the Deputy is referring to a holder of a Critical Skills Permit and a stamp 1 immigration permission.
Where a person on a stamp 1 critical skills permit is made redundant, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment's website provides detailed information on the issue of redundancy and the remedies available to those on an employment permit. This can be accessed at the following link:
enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/workplace-and-skills/employment-permits/redundancy/
Holders of an employment permit must notify the Employment Permits Section of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment within four weeks of their 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 apply online for an extension of that immigration permission so that it coincides with the additional period of six months granted to find suitable alternative employment. They can do so using the Immigration Service Delivery (ISD) Customer Service Portal, portal.irishimmigration.ie/en/.
However, where the six-month period is within the period of their current immigration permission, then there is no need to do so.
When a person is issued with a new employment permit, they should apply online to renew their immigration permission.
Where a person is not successful in securing new employment and obtaining an employment permit, then they can contact the Domestic Residence Division of my Department. This can also be done using the ISD Customer Service Portal, where they should explain their current circumstances and set out their future intentions in the State.
