734. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons deported by the State; the number issued with a deportation order respectively, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3890/26]
Topics / Deportation Orders
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDeportation Orders
178 questions from 34 TDs, between 13 February 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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177 written, 1 oral
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| July 2026 | 5 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 10 |
| October 2026 | 14 |
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1631. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps taken after a deportation order is issued whereby the individual does not self deport. [74119/25]
1632. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the location of all individuals in the State who have been issued with a deportation order and have not left the State. [74120/25]
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]
608. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 2 October 2025, if he is now in a position to provide an answer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69342/25]
83. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of individuals detained in the State pending deportation to date in 2025; the breakdown of the prisons in which they were held, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66424/25]
506. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the deportation of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64715/25]
723. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 652 of 12 November 2025, the number of cases where payments have been stopped and details retained by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63655/25]
751. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a deportation order will be urgently reconsidered (details supplied). [63060/25]
804. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) deported from Ireland and subsequently killed; and the steps he will take to reverse the deportation of another individual deported to the same location under similar conditions. [63712/25]
823. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if her Department has conducted a review of identity verification procedures used in deportation and asylum cases, following recent reports of individuals successfully avoiding deportation through the use of aliases. [63773/25]
824. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deportation orders issued in each of the past five years; the number actually enforced; and the measures in place to monitor persons who abscond or provide false identities. [63774/25]
825. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if biometric identification (fingerprint or facial recognition) is currently used to verify identity before deportation; and if not, whether his Department plans to implement such technology to prevent fraudulent alias use. [63775/25]
826. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department shares deportation and identity information in real time with An Garda Síochána, the Department of Social Protection and the section of his Department responsible for integration; and if not, the reason such data-sharing has not been automated. [63776/25]
377. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deportations of EU citizens from Ireland for each year between 2000 and 2025; the details of where they were deported to and the associated costs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62567/25]
652. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is notified by the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a person becomes subject to a deportation order; if so, the number of such notifications that been made from 1 January 2024 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61024/25]
760. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS applicants which have been issued with a deportation order but remained in Ireland over the past five years, by county; the length of time they have remained in Ireland since being issued with the order; the number of which were refused asylum in another EU country; and if he will make a statement on the …
153. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the appeal against deportation lodged by a person (details supplied). [60351/25]
1271. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS applicants currently in the State who have been served with a deportation order; the reason they remain in the State; the consequences if a person served with a deportation order commits a violent or sexual offence in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58218/25]
1278. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department can confirm how an individual subject to a live deportation order was permitted to remain in the State and subsequently gain access to the Citywest campus when there are children housed there (details supplied); how a vulnerable child in the care of Tusla could be on the campus unknown to security; the lengt…
1279. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration how an individual who was not a resident of an IPAS facility, and who is believed to be subject to a deportation order, was able to gain access to the Citywest campus; and how a vulnerable child in the care of Tusla ended up there (details supplied); the perimeter or access-control procedures currently in place at IPAS and any Tus…
1304. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the person or agency with responsibility for the non-deportation of an individual (details supplied); if the individual is in receipt of accommodation from the State after a deportation order was issued to them and at the time of the alleged assault; and if State supports after the deportation order were issued to them.
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1305. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of individuals against whom a full deportation order was issued which have been in receipt of any State funded or supported accommodation; and the number of persons for each of the past five years. [58902/25]
1306. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he will take to ensure that all persons who receive deportation orders are deported immediately. [58903/25]
1332. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details his Department has recorded in relation to subjects of deportation orders, including occupation and occupational prospects. [59434/25]