Written answers
Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Department of Justice and Equality
Residency Permits
Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 28 November 2023, in the absence of a harmonised, EU-wide approach to exiting Temporary Protection, whether under existing domestic legislative/administrative arrangements, the period of continuous residence in the State exercised by temporary protection beneficiaries would qualify as part of the duration of reckonable residence required for the purposes of eligibility to apply for long-term residency in the State. [54582/23]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I can advise the Deputy that the Temporary Protection Certificate (TPC) issued to all Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection is a temporary permission to remain in Ireland and is renewable on an annual basis, as long as the Temporary Protection Directive remains in force. Beneficiaries of temporary protection are granted access to the labour market and to Government supports, as required under the Directive.
The Temporary Protection Directive has been extended until March 2025, in accordance with the recent Council Decision (EU 2023/2409). Ireland favours a harmonised, EU-wide approach to exiting Temporary Protection and continues to engage with the EU Commission and fellow member states to consider what provisions will be made for beneficiaries of Temporary Protection, and how this might relate to immigration arrangements and schemes generally, when the Directive is no longer active.
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