Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 430: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of deportations of non-national parents of Irish citizens since the Supreme Court decision of 2003; the number of Irish citizen children who have left the State with their parents as a result of such deportations; and the number of Irish citizen children left behind in the State by their non-national parents as a result of such deportations. [23550/04]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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Statistics in respect of the number of deportations of non-national parents of Irish born children since the Supreme Court decision in the L&O case in January 2003 are as follows:

Statistics are only maintained by my Department in respect of deportation orders made and effected in respect of non-nationals. As Irish born children are not subject to deportation orders, statistics are not available in respect of the numbers of such children who accompanied their non-national parents when they were being deported or, indeed, the number of such children left behind in the State following the deportation of their parents.