Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if those on stamp 4 visas (details supplied) are exempt from paying the €300 fee to renew a Garda ID; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56276/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I would draw the attention of the Deputy to S.I. No. 444 of 2012, Immigration Act 2004 (Registration Certificate Fee) Regulations 2012, which sets out in Regulation 4 those classes of person in respect of which the registration certificate fee of €300 is waived. These classes of person include:

- UN Convention Refugees;

- Family members of such refugees who have been admitted to the State in accordance with section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996;

- Persons who are under 18 years of age at the time of registration;

- Spouses, civil partners, widows and widowers of Irish citizens;

- Spouses and Dependants of EU nationals who receive a residence permit under EU Directive 38/04;

- Programme Refugees, as defined by section 24 of the Refugee Act, 1996;

- Persons subject to arrangements for victims of human trafficking.

In circumstances where the person is uncertain whether they come within the waiver or not, his or her local registration officer will be in a position to clarify the matter.