Deportation Orders

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 May 2023

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

Questions (482)

Carol Nolan

Question:

482. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications that have been made by persons seeking to have their deportation order revoked, pursuant to the provisions of section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), by year, in tabular form; the number of successful applications and the numbers of applications that have been rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22398/23]

Written answers

Minister for Justice

I can inform the Deputy that any person, who is the subject of a Deportation Order, can apply to the Minister, under section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to have their Deportation Order revoked. That position applies equally to deportation orders made under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) or under section 51 of the International Protection Act 2015.

Any such request, to have a realistic chance of having a favourable outcome, would need to be founded on new information or changed circumstances which were not raised, nor were capable of being raised, when the decision to make a Deportation Order was taken. Where such a request is made, the outcome of that request will be that the existing Deportation Order will either be ‘affirmed’ or ‘revoked’.

The first table below shows the number of applications that have been made by persons seeking to have their deportation order revoked, pursuant to the provisions of section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999  from 1 January 2018 to 11 May 2023.

2018	451
2019	648
2020	512
2021	294
2022	522
2023 to 11 May 2023	217
Total	2,644

Total number of decisions issued from 1 January 2018 to date:

2018	Order Affirmed	100
	Order Amended	11
	Order Revoked	317
	Order Revoked and PTR Granted	4
	Year Total	432
2019	Order Affirmed	101
	Order Amended	11
	Order Revoked	375
	Order Revoked and PTR Granted	10
	Under Consideration	1
	Year Total	498
2020	Order Affirmed	24
	Order Amended	1
	Order Amended and Affirmed	2
	Order Revoked	262
	Order Revoked and PTR Granted	51
	Under Consideration	1
	Year Total	341
2021	Order Affirmed	11
	Order Revoked	174
	Order Revoked and PTR Granted	85
	Year Total	270
2022	Applied	1
	Order Affirmed	43
	Order Amended and Affirmed	1
	Order Revoked	573
	Order Revoked and PTR Granted	44
	Year Total	662
2023 to 11 May 2023	Order Affirmed	3
	Order Revoked	209
	Order Revoked and PTR Granted	27
	Year Total	239

It should be noted that a decision made in a particular year may relate to an application made in a previous year.