Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 January 2023
1103. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons who have applied for asylum who have been repatriated in each of the past ten years; and the number who have applied for asylum who have been repatriated due to a previous criminal record coming to light in their home country and or due to a criminal record incurred in Ireland, respectively. [1189/23]
View answerThe table below contains details of persons confirmed deported and those confirmed deported following unsuccessful International Protection applications. The Department does not record data in the manner requested by the Deputy where criminality is concerned.
|
Year Effected |
DO Effected |
DO Effected after Failed IP Application |
|
2012 |
301 |
186 |
|
2013 |
199 |
101 |
|
2014 |
110 |
33 |
|
2015 |
250 |
112 |
|
2016 |
428 |
228 |
|
2017 |
138 |
84 |
|
2018 |
163 |
94 |
|
2019 |
299 |
183 |
|
2020 |
140 |
61 |
|
2021 |
38 |
17 |
|
2022 |
119 |
54 |
|
Total |
2,183 |
1,153 |
When issued with a deportation order, a person is required to remove themselves from the State. Many people also comply in this manner and leave the country, without notifying the immigration authorities that they have done so. However, where a person does not voluntarily return to their own country, Ireland, like all other EU Member States, puts in place arrangements to return people to their home country.
