Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of foreign nationals who have been the subject of deportation orders and whose whereabouts are unknown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27955/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I presume the Deputy is referring to those persons who are currently evading their deportation orders and whose whereabouts are unknown to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). The current figure for persons evading their deportations, according to statistics provided by the Bureau, is circa 5,600. It is not known how many of these are still in the State but it is believed by the GNIB that a very large number of these persons have already left the State of their own accord. Persons evading their deportation orders and who remain in the State are liable to arrest and detention pursuant to Section 5 of the Immigration Act, 1999, as amended, for the purposes of removal.