Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 498: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons deported from this jurisdiction during the month of October 2007; the locations to which they were deported and the reason for same; if any were Irish citizens with or without Irish passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26242/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that 4 persons were deported during the period commencing Monday 1 October 2007 and including Tuesday 30 October 2007. Of the 4 persons deported, 2 went to China, 1 to Brazil and the remaining one to Georgia. Three of the four persons deported were in the asylum process and 1 person consented to deportation.

During the same period 23 transfers were effected to various third countries pursuant to the provisions of the Dublin II Regulation, Council Regulation (EC) No. 343/2003. The table below provides the relevant details.

In relation to the latter part of his Question, I presume the Deputy is referring to Irish Citizen children born to non-Irish national parents. That being the case, Irish citizen children cannot be the subject of deportation/transfer orders issued by the State and therefore cannot be deported/transferred from the State. Statistics are only maintained by my Department in respect of deportation/transfer orders made and effected in respect of non-Irish nationals. As Irish citizen children are not subject to deportation/transfer orders, statistics are not available in respect of the numbers of such children who accompanied their non-Irish national parents when they were being deported/transferred, or indeed the number of such children left behind in the State following the deportation/transfer of their parents.