Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of residency and long-term residency applications his Department has received annually since 2005 to date in 2010; the number of successful applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24813/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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For the purposes of this Question, information is being provided in respect of the Long Term Residency scheme only, given that the Deputy is separately being provided with information regarding other residency schemes.

Long Term Residency is an administrative scheme that was introduced in May 2004 and is focused on persons who have been legally resident in the State for over five years on the basis of work permit/work authorisation/work vis conditions. Such persons may apply to the Long Term Residency Unit of my Department for a five year residency extension.

The following table sets out the figures requested by the Deputy, however, all of the statistics requested are not readily available and would require an inordinate amount of time to obtain and an inappropriate expenditure of limited resources.