I refer the Deputy to the reply (copy below) to Parliamentary Question Number 527 of 12th January, 2011. The position remains as stated.
The person referred to by the Deputy was granted Long Term Residency on the 8 March 2010 for 5 years as a dependant. This permission does not allow the person concerned to work without a work permit.
If it is the case that the person in question wishes to work in the State, a prospective employer must first obtain a work permit for her from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation.
I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made direct to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek this information through the more administratively expensive Parliamentary Questions process.