Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 January 2024
1011. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of people from a country designated as a safe country; the number of people from all other countries, respectively, who have been the subject of a deportation order in each of the past ten years; the number of deportation orders carried out; and a breakdown of the primary reasons the remainder of deportation orders were not carried out, in tabular from. [56546/23]
View answer1012. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the total number of un-effected deportation orders currently. [56547/23]
View answer1013. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the cumulative total number of un-effected deportation orders issued over the past five years. [56548/23]
View answer1144. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice for a breakdown of the number of people in 2023 who were issued with a deportation order that was not effected but have been confirmed to have left the country, in tabular form. [1835/24]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 1011, 1012, 1013 and 1144 together.
Deportation and removal processes are an essential part of any immigration system. In the past 10 years 10,746 Deportation Orders were issued, this includes people who made unsuccessful applications for international protection and people who entered the country illegally or who may have overstayed after a visa was issued.
The primary reason why forced deportations were not required in a number of cases is that people leave the State without informing the Department and by their nature the details of such departures are not available. There also may be a change in circumstances for the person which leads to the deportation order being revoked and permission granted, for example where there have been significant changes in the family circumstances of the person in question. In other cases there are legal challenges which prevent or lengthen the deportation process or the person may evade deportation.
The below table outlines the number of deportation orders, the numbers revoked and the numbers deported*.
|
Year |
Deportation Orders Issued |
Deported |
Revoked |
|
2013 |
1172 |
199 |
308 |
|
2014 |
958 |
111 |
353 |
|
2015 |
817 |
250 |
482 |
|
2016 |
1438 |
428 |
360 |
|
2017 |
1113 |
138 |
165 |
|
2018 |
1112 |
163 |
319 |
|
2019 |
2007 |
298 |
346 |
|
2020 |
872 |
140 |
302 |
|
2021 |
29 |
38 |
231 |
|
2022 |
271 |
118 |
582 |
|
2023 |
957 |
80 |
414 |
|
Overall total |
10746 |
1963 |
3862 |
* These figures are correct at time of issue, however, statistics may change due to data cleansing. Orders revoked in any year include orders made over previous years.
Insofar as safe countries of origin are concerned, on foot of the introduction of accelerated processing for countries so designated in November 2022, 160 deportation orders were issued in 2023 under this procedure.
