Under the revised arrangements for the consideration of applications for permission to remain by the non-national parents of Irish-born children, born before 1 January 2005, successful applicants will be issued with a letter confirming permission to remain for an initial period of two years subject to the following conditions: that they will obey the laws of the State and will not become involved in criminal activity; that they will make every effort to become economically viable in the State by engaging in employment, business or a profession; that they will take steps, such as appropriate participation in training or language courses, to enable them to engage in employment; and that they accept that the granting of permission to remain does not confer any entitlement or legitimate expectation on any person, whether related to them or not, to enter the State.
The successful applicant is required to present this letter to their local Garda registration office, where he or she will be presented with a certificate of registration in the form of a plastic card. This card indicates that he or she has the Minister's permission to remain in the State; the date to which this permission is valid; and that he or she has permission to work.
The granting of permission to remain does not confer an entitlement to State services such as social welfare and housing support. Access to such entitlements is a matter for the relevant service provider.
The Reception and Integration Agency, RIA, is responsible, inter alia, for the accommodation of asylum seekers through the system of direct provision and dispersal. Where an asylum seeker accommodated in direct provision is granted permission to remain in the country the RIA will assist him or her to apply to the local authority, in whose area he or she proposes to access accommodation, for assessment of housing need. If the local authority is not in a position to meet the housing need, he or she may then apply to the community welfare officer in that area for a rent supplement.
