Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it will be possible to regularise the residency position in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43885/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 705 of 16 September 2009.

Further to the position as set out in that reply, I am informed that the person concerned registered with the Garda National Immigration Bureau in May of 2008 and currently has permission to remain in the State under Stamp 4 conditions until 24 January, 2010. I wish to inform the Deputy that a person resident in the State under Stamp 4 conditions is entitled to work without the need for a work permit and to set up a business without seeking the permission of the Minister.

The issues raised in respect of higher education grants and social welfare payments do not fall within the remit of this Department.