Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 January 2023
459. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of illegal immigrants who have been detected in transport vehicles such as hauliers' trucks at Irish harbours from 2020 to date in 2023. [2794/23]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, the Border Management Unit of my Department is responsible for frontline immigration duties at Dublin Airport only. All other ports of entry are the responsibility of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB).
I have sought the information requested from the Garda Commissioner and the number of incidents and number of associated persons with each incident is listed in the table below by year.
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
|
No. of Incidents |
11 |
37 |
47 |
* |
|
No. of persons associated with incidents |
17 |
61 |
84 |
15 |
* Less than 10
The data related for 2023 is to 22 January.
