Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of foreign nationals who have been refused entry permission to the State in each of the past five years. [34831/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I have been informed by the Garda National Immigration Bureau that the following table shows the number of people who have been refused leave to land pursuant to the provisions of the Immigration Act, 2004 at Ports of Entry to the State for 2005 to 2010.

2005 4893

2006 5885

2007 6991

2008 5394

2009 3857

2010 1244 (to 31st May)