Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 423: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rules regarding people from Turkey obtaining work permits to work here. [6464/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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As Turkey is not a Member State of the European Union, the rules applicable to non-EU/EEA nationals should be followed in respect of applications for Work Permits. Information on the procedures to be followed, including details of the new economic migration arrangements which I announced on 24th January, 2007, is readily available on the Department's website at www.entemp.ie.

Any Turkish national working legally in Ireland for four years may continue to work here without the requirement of a work permit. However, I understand that they still require permission from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to remain in Ireland.