Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be examined. [18111/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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A stamp 1 immigration permission is granted to a non-EEA national based on their employment permit having first been granted by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE). Their immigration permission is therefore linked to their employment permit.

Any non-EEA national with an employment permit, who has ceased to be in employment, for any reason, must advise the Employment Permits Unit of DETE and Unit 2, Domestic Residence and Permissions Division in my Department of the change in their circumstances.

The person concerned can write to my Department by post or email at the contact details below to request the permission letter. Upon examination of the request, my Department will, if necessary, issue a temporary permission to remain in the State, which would allow the person concerned to seek a further employment permit. However, they will not be able to start a new employment without first having been issued with an updated work permit from DETE.

Email: Unit2ResidenceDivision@justice.ie

Postal Address:

Residence Unit 2Immigration Service DeliveryDepartment of Justice13-14 Burgh QuayDublin 2 D02 XK70Ireland

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility at INISOireachtasMail@justice.ie, which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables up to date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Question process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in the cases where the response is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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616. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be examined. [18112/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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A Stamp 3 immigration permission allows the holder to stay in Ireland for a specified period, subject to conditions, and is reckonable as residence when applying for citizenship by naturalisation. It is renewable, subject to the conditions for the permission being met, one of which is that the holder cannot work or engage in any business, trade or profession.

In order for a non-EEA national on a Stamp 3 immigration permission to be allowed to work in the State they must apply for and be granted an employment permit by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE). A prospective employer must first obtain an employment permit in respect of them.

Should they be successful in securing the appropriate employment permit from DETE, they will then be able to register on a Stamp 1 immigration permission with their local registration office.

Further information relating to employment permits can be found at: www.enterprise.gov.ie.

It may also be open to the person concerned to request a change to their immigration status. Further information can be found on my Department's immigration website at: www.irishimmigration.ie/my-situation-has-changed-since-i-arrived-in-ireland/.