Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to regularise their position in the case of a person (details supplied); if the person is eligible to apply for the recently announced scheme for the undocumented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6900/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Regularisation of Long Term Undocumented Migrants Scheme opened for applications on 31 January 2022. Applications will be accepted for six months until 31 July 2022, when the scheme will close. The scheme is only open to those who do not have a current permission to reside in the State and will enable eligible applicants to remain and reside in the State and to regularise their residency status.

Any person who currently has a temporary permission to remain while their application pursuant to the relevant legislation is under consideration or at review stage would not be considered as undocumented and therefore will not meet the criteria for the recently launched regularisation scheme.

The person referred to by the Deputy is a dependent of a person who was issued with a Stamp 4 residence permission which is valid until 22 July 2022. As such, the family are not eligible for the scheme. It may be open to this person to request a Stamp 3 permission after they reach the age of 16 and to register that permission at their local Immigration Office. People under the age of 16 years are exempt from the requirement to register under Section 9(6)(a) of the Immigration Act 2004.

Full details regarding the qualifying criteria, a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document and the required documentation for the Scheme is available on my Department's website at: www.irishimmigration.ie/regularisation-of-long-term-undocumented-migrant-scheme/.