Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 September 2014
282. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been refused permission to enter here at ports of entry over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36567/14]
View answerThe legal provisions governing the refusal of permission to land are set out in Section 4(3) of the Immigration Act, 2004. The number of people who have been refused leave to land at approved ports of entry (as prescribed by the Minister in accordance with section 6(2) of the Immigration Act, 2004), in the years concerned, 2009 to end July 2014, was: 3,252, 2,491, 2,308, 1,958, 1,844 and 1,248, respectively. A number of persons refused leave to land were subsequently permitted to enter the State having made a protection application pursuant to the Refugee Act, 1996 (as amended).
