Mr. Michael Kirrane:

I do not have the precise figures available for the Deputy. Normally in a year we issue about 1,000 deportation orders. From memory, about 40 or 50 are effected in a particular year. When a deportation order is issued, the obligation is on the person to remove himself or herself from the State. The number of people removed last year under deportation orders was 140. The obligation is on people to remove themselves from the State and many people do. It is not the case that every deportation order issued automatically comes to the point where it requires the removal of a person from the State. Many people voluntarily remove themselves. We cannot be precise about how many do because we do not have exit checks and we maintain the common travel area with our UK colleagues.