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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 29 Jan 1992

Vol. 415 No. 1

Written Answers. - Entry Visas.

Bernard Allen

Ceist:

131 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the total number of entry visas issued (a) in 1989 (b) in 1990 and (c) in 1991; and if he will specify the individual nationalities to which they were issued giving the number in each case.

The details requested by the Deputy are set out in the following table. In the case of 1991, figures for the full year could not be compiled in the time available and the details supplied are for the first six months only.

Country

1989

1990

1991 (1 Jan. to 30 June only)

Algeria

153

195

89

Afghanistan

9

0

1

Angola

9

11

5

Bahrain

110

92

30

Bangladesh

207

98

72

Belize

3

4

1

Benin

2

2

4

Bhutan

7

7

5

Brunei

12

15

8

Bolivia

0

5

5

Burundi

3

4

1

Bulgaria

96

101

89

Burma

3

4

2

Cameroon

12

16

10

China (PR)

320

253

271

Colombia

0

31

32

Cuba

33

36

12

Czechoslovakia

511

391

0

Dominican Rep.

10

18

3

Djibouti

0

3

0

Egypt

437

364

179

Ethiopia

30

34

13

Gabon

5

3

3

Guinea

26

0

0

Ghana

62

60

28

Germany (DR)

184

76

0

Hong Kong

29

20

22

Haiti

6

7

0

Hungary

600

303

8

India

1,019

875

691

Indonesia

89

81

36

Iran

414

334

206

Iraq

108

133

33

Ivory Coast

11

5

4

Jordan

146

112

59

Korea (DPR)

48

5

15

Kuwait

115

91

54

Lebanon

147

135

75

Liberia

5

0

0

Libya

562

455

263

Madagascar

5

0

4

Morocco

122

118

108

Mozambique

13

10

2

Nepal

73

14

6

Nigeria

436

322

210

Oman

18

14

25

Pakistan

631

649

371

Papua New Guinea

5

13

8

Peru

0

37

32

Philippines

261

200

127

Poland

631

572

388

Qatar

88

45

17

Romania

154

220

166

Rwanda

3

12

4

Saudia Arabia

367

282

106

Senegal

22

15

10

Seychelles

4

0

0

Somalia

33

14

6

Sri Lanka

146

70

63

Sudan

83

94

68

Surinam

4

0

0

Syria

110

91

35

Taiwan

193

183

107

Thailand

131

111

93

Togo

6

5

3

Tunisia

2

27

27

Turkey

46

346

250

UAE

49

77

12

USSR

1,331

1,862

593

Vietnam

10

66

8

Yemen

28

13

6

Zaire

13

11

6

Stateless

91

69

34

Others

25

6

9

Total

10,677

9,947

5,152

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