Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how a person (details supplied) may gain immigration status given that their stamp 1G visa has expired and they wish to continue working in Ireland with no need to pursue further education, but they have been refused a working permit on the grounds of immigration status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29141/23]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The person referred to by the Deputy held a Stamp 1G immigration permission which expired on 7 November 2022.

The Stamp 1G Graduate scheme was developed for the purpose of enabling a beneficiary to seek graduate level employment and to apply for an employment permit through the Department of Enterprise, Trade or Employment. The Stamp is granted to ensure that such students are making genuine efforts to access suitable graduate level employment, for example attending job interviews or signing up with graduate employment agencies.

In order to be granted an employment permit, the person cited must have a valid immigration permission. The person concerned can write to Unit B of the Domestic Residence and Permissions Division of my Department to request a permission letter.

Upon examination of the request, the Domestic Residence and Permissions Division will, if necessary, issue a temporary permission to remain in the State, which would allow the person concerned to seek an employment permit.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by email using the Oireachtas Mail facility at INISOireachtasMail@justice.ie, which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables up to date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Question process. The Deputy may consider using the email service except in the cases where the response is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.