Written answers
Thursday, 8 November 2007
Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
Deportation Orders
5:00 pm
Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who have initiated legal challenges to their deportation orders in each of the past five years and to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27953/07]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The number of persons who have initiated legal challenges to their deportation orders in each of the past five years and to date in 2007 are as follows:
| Year | Persons | Legal challenges |
| 2002 | 157 | 90 |
| 2003 | 293 | 143 |
| 2004 | 501 | 302 |
| 2005 | 462 | 327 |
| 2006 | 616 | 384 |
| Up to 04 / 11 / 07 | 210 | 154 |
| Totals | 2,239 | 1,400 |
| Notes: | ||
| 1.Legal challenges refer to both the High Court and the Supreme Court. | ||
| 2.Persons exceed challenges as a person may have more than one legal challenge. | ||
| 3.Legal challenges to the deportation process may challenge: Deportation Orders,Injunctions/Transfer Orders/Article 40's etc. |
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