Written answers

Tuesday, 14 June 2022

Department of Justice and Equality

Residency Permits

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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1280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who exited Ireland's ports and airports in the past month that were stamp 2 visa holders and whose permissions were due to expire at midnight 31 May 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31147/22]

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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1295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of stamp 2 visaholders whose permissions expired on 31 May that left Ireland in the week prior to their visa expiring; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29358/22]

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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1296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of English language student stamp 2 visa holders whose permissions expired on 31 May who left Ireland in the week prior to the expiration of their visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29359/22]

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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1297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of third level stamp 2 visa holders whose permissions expired on 31 May who left Ireland in the week prior to the expiration of their visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29360/22]

Photo of Paul MurphyPaul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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1356. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department communicated with the Department of Transport or the Dublin Airport Authority on the number of persons who would have expected to have to leave the country before 31 May due to the expiration of their permission to stay. [30492/22]

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1280, 1295 to 1297, inclusive, and 1356 together.

Persons leaving the State are not checked on exit. Therefore it is not possible to give a reliable estimate of persons on particular types of  immigration permissions who have left the State.

As there are no definitive numbers on the persons required to leave the State on any given date,  my Department did not communicate with the Department of Transport or the Dublin Airport Authority prior to the 31 May 2022 in relation to the matter.

Anyone whose immigration permission is due to expire may apply requesting a change of immigration permission or to have their immigration permission extended. Consequently, there may be a number of people awaiting a decision on such applications.

Furthermore, a Stamp 2 immigration permission is granted to all international non-EEA students regardless of whether they are undertaking an English language course or a third level programme, with no differentiation in the permission granted other than duration. When granting a Stamp 2 immigration permission, the immigration officer must ensure that the course of study is listed on the Interim List of Eligible Programmes (ILEP).

Photo of Jennifer Carroll MacNeillJennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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1281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if support will be provided for an application for a change of residency permission by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28854/22]

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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A change of status application was received from the person referred to by the Deputy on 16 March 2022 and continues to be processed by my Department.

To be fair to all applicants, applications are dealt with in chronological order by date received. My Department endeavours to process applications as quickly as possible. However, processing times may vary due to a number of factors, such as the number of applications on hands, individual circumstances, the complexity of applications, whether further information is required, and the resources available.

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, 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 Questions process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in cases where the response is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.

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