Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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662. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the contingency plans in place for the extension of validity for workplace employment permits as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25087/20]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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To ensure that those with employment permits can continue to have their immigration registration maintained, on 18 September 2020, I announced a further temporary extension of immigration and international protection permissions to 20 January 2021. This applies to immigration permissions that are due to expire between 20 September 2020 and 20 January 2021.

Renewal is on the same basis as the existing permission and the same conditions will continue to apply. This gives the person concerned the necessary time to make arrangements with the Immigration Service in Dublin or An Garda Síochána outside Dublin to ensure that their registration is renewed in the normal way by that date. I encourage the person to do so at the earliest opportunity.

While permissions have been automatically extended; all renewals in the Dublin area are now being processed online only and the system has been available for all applicants since 20 July 2020 at . Renewal applications continue to be accepted.

Registrations outside of the Dublin area are processed by the Garda National Immigration Bureau through the Garda Station network. Information on the contact details for all the registration offices outside Dublin is available at: .

Any extension of the validity of an employment permit is a matter for the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation.