Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
2:00 am
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
In terms of the number of children, there are 9,000 children. The vast majority of them are applying for international protection. Regarding the numbers who have deportation orders, I would say it is more than 200 now. Very few of them have been in the country for three or four years.
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