Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of economic emigrants deported from here in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21793/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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Section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, sets out nine categories of persons in respect of whom the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform may make deportation orders. An "economic emigrant" is not, per se, one of those categories. However, if the Deputy is referring to non-EEA nationals working in the State pursuant to permits issued by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, I would refer him to the reply I gave to Question No. 362 on 31 May 2005.