Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 16 February 2010, when a response may be expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20514/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I have been informed by the Garda National Immigration Bureau that the table below outlines the number of non-nationals who were refused permission to enter the State and the number of whom were subsequently permitted to enter the State having made an application pursuant to the Refugee Act, 1996 (as amended).

The table below outlines the number of non-nationals, not being exempt, by virtue of an order under Section 17, from the requirement to have an Irish visa, who were refused permission to land in the State in 2008 & 2009, due to not being the holder of a valid Irish visa.

A decision to refuse leave to land for any of the reasons outlined in Section 4 of the Immigration Act 2004 could have been based, or partly based, on the inadequacy of documentation produced to an immigration officer. The number of non-nationals who were refused permission to land in the State based on having inadequate documentation to satisfy the requirements of the Immigration Act, 2004, is not readily available and would require a disproportionate level of Garda resources to collate.