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Deportation Orders

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 January 2011

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Questions (244, 245)

Alan Shatter

Question:

291 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of Irish citizen children who left this State in each of the years 2005 to 2010 in the company of their parents deported from Ireland as a consequence of breaching of Irish immigration law or a failed application for asylum; to detail in each year the countries to which such parents, accompanied by their child/ren, were returned; the means of transportation by which such children left the State and, if by air, to state whether by chartered or scheduled flight. [2503/11]

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Alan Shatter

Question:

292 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform in respect of Irish citizen children who left this State in the years 2005 to 2010 in the company of their parents deported from Ireland as a consequence of breaching an immigration law or a failed application for asylum, to state the efforts, if any, this State has made to remain in contact with such children and or to provide to each such child access to the Irish embassy in their country of residence or to the Irish embassy responsible for handling diplomatic representation in that country [2504/11]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 291 and 292 together.

Between 2005 and 2010, one Irish citizen child left the State with their parents in 2006 on a scheduled flight travelling to Nigeria as a result of the deportation of their parents. In the same period the number of such children who left the State with their parents by chartered flights is as follows: three in 2006, two in 2008, two in 2009 and twelve in 2010. All of the children travelled to Nigeria. These children can avail of all consular services offered by the Irish Embassy in their country of residence which in respect of Nigeria is located in Abuja and can be accessed by the children or their parents acting on their behalf.

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