1646. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the assessment his Department has made of the impact of ECHR interventions on Ireland’s ability to enforce deportation orders; and the estimated number of deportations that could not proceed as a direct result of ECHR case law or Strasbourg rulings. [74337/25]
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260. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of individuals detained in the State pending deportation between 24 September and 3 October 2025; and the prisons in which they were held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54297/25]
261. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of individuals detained pending deportation to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54298/25]
262. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average length of time individuals have been detained pending deportation to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54299/25]
263. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the five longest individual periods of detention pending deportation in 2025; the duration in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54300/25]
449. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of individuals under the age of 18 in the State who are subject to a deportation order, broken down by age cohort 0–4 years, 5–11 years, 12–18 years; if he will provide the number of individuals who have been present in the State for less than one year, for one year, for two years, and for three years or more, for each cohor…
454. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total cost of the deportation flight to Pakistan on 23 September 2025, which carried 24 people on board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53778/25]
455. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a human rights observer was present on board the deportation flight to Pakistan on 23 September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53779/25]
456. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration of the 24 individuals deported on the flight to Pakistan on 23 September 2025, the number that had spent time in prison prior to deportation; the average length of time they were detained; the prisons in which they were detained, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53780/25]
588. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of deportation orders issued to individuals under the age of 18 in 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025; for a breakdown of the total number, by individual year of age, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32027/25]
589. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of individuals under the age of 18 who are currently in the State and subject to a deportation order, with a breakdown by individual year of age, and the average length of time since arrival in Ireland for each age group, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32028/25]
590. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the top five countries of origin of children who have been issued deportation orders in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32029/25]
591. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the access to legal advice and interpretation services provided to individuals detained in prison prior to enforced deportation by chartered flight in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32030/25]
592. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether protocols or standard operating procedures are in place to govern the provision of legal advice and interpretation services to individuals detained prior to deportation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32031/25]
593. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and roles of professionals present on board, including medical staff, child protection professionals, psychological or trauma support personnel, independent observers, and Gardaí or private security contractors, for each of the deportation flights carried out to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3…
597. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for a breakdown of the average timeline between final refusal of international protection, the offer of voluntary return, and the signing of a deportation order, in respect of the 2,403 deportation orders signed in 2024 and the 1,940 signed to date in 2025, broken down by single adult males, single adult females, family units, and unac…
221. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a breakdown of the number of individuals deported to Nigeria on the State-co-ordinated charter flight that took place on 4 June 2025, including the gender of each person; the age of each person; whether each individual was an adult or child; if any were part of a family unit, in tabular form; and if he will make a st…
222. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will list the locations of detention or accommodation where individuals were held or assembled in advance of the deportation flight to Nigeria on 4 June 2025, including the number of individuals held at each location; the duration of their stay prior to removal; and the legal basis under which they were detained, in tabular form.…
223. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any family groups, including children, were deported on the flight to Nigeria on or around 4 June 2025; if so, to state the number of family units; the number of adults and children in each group; whether any child welfare assessments were conducted prior to removal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30942/25]
224. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether an independent human rights observer or monitor was present on board the deportation flight to Nigeria on 4 June 2025, or present during the removal process; and if not, to explain the reason such monitoring was not provided for in this case. [30943/25]
448. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice to outline the current policy and operational procedures governing the detention of individuals pending deportation via chartered flights. [26717/25]
449. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice whether individuals subject to deportation orders are being detained in prisons while awaiting such flights. [26718/25]
450. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown of the number of individuals detained pending deportation via chartered flights; the specific prison or detention facilities in which they were held; the number of nights each individual spent in detention prior to deportation, to date 2025. [26719/25]
811. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residents in IPAS accommodation with an active deportation order; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8094/25]