1340. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 2 October 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this Parliamentary Question answered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59543/25]
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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| January 2025 | 0 |
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| May 2025 | 19 |
| June 2025 | 20 |
| July 2025 | 11 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 5 |
| October 2025 | 14 |
| November 2025 | 21 |
| December 2025 | 2 |
| January 2026 | 10 |
| February 2026 | 13 |
| March 2026 | 3 |
| April 2026 | 3 |
| May 2026 | 17 |
| June 2026 | 4 |
| July 2026 | 5 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 10 |
| October 2026 | 14 |
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1381. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who have received deportation orders to date, but are still remaining in the State; if he can provide details in relation to the destination countries for deportation orders, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59979/25]
598. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deportation orders issued to Afghan citizens in each of the years since 2021 and to date in 2025, by gender and whether the orders were issued to an adult or a child, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56977/25]
599. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons deported to Afghanistan in each of the years since 2021 and to date in 2025, by gender, and whether the person was an adult or a child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56978/25]
606. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deportation flights chartered and otherwise that have occurred every year from Ireland since 2021; the associated costs to the State for each of those flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57097/25]
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]
350. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which his Department ensures that people who are the subject of deportation orders are removed from IPAS accommodation to which they are not entitled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52755/25]
351. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration If he will seek data from An Garda Síochána on the number of persons arrested in each year from 2020 to date in 2025 who were found to be in breach of a deportation order; the number of such persons who were detained and for how long; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52756/25]
125. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deportation orders which have been signed in respect of persons who have been refused International Protection in 2025; the number of persons who have been refused international protection and who left the State independently after being issued a deportation order, as well as those who were escorted from the State …
847. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who received deportation orders in the past five years; the number of these that have left the country; the proof there is of these people leaving the country; and the number of these who have had their deportation orders enforced. [47894/25]
849. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons deported by the State and the number issued with a deportation order respectively over the past five years who had previously held a stamp 2 visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47942/25]
1495. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a person (details supplied) will be assured that no enforcement action will proceed while their regulation 20 application is under review; whether the Minister will take into account the family's humanitarian circumstances, including the emotional, developmental, and psychological impact on the children; and if he will make a st…
1583. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deportation orders issued, executed, and left unenforced in each of the years since 2020; and whether the suspension of deportations during and after the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to increased asylum applications. [45561/25]
1671. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deportation orders issued in the past three years; the number enforced; and the obstacles preventing full enforcement of deportation orders. [46531/25]
763. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the powers that exist to deport a non-Irish national who has committed a serious crime; the current thresholds in relation to same; if there has been any review recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39627/25]
272. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration how it was possible that an individual (details supplied) was deported from Ireland before he had received a response to his application for revocation of deportation. [38384/25]
274. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to reverse the deportation of an individual (details supplied) who has been unjustly separated from his family through deportation, before deportation proceedings had fully concluded, and despite the support of the elected members of his local authority for his remaining in Ireland. [38429/25]
285. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of negative decisions in the international protection system; the number of those that received a negative decision who left voluntarily; the number who were subject to a deportation order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38561/25]