Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of foreign nationals deported from this jurisdiction in the past six months; the number of such deportees who had worked for more than five years in this jurisdiction; if they stand to have income tax paid during their employment in this jurisdiction refunded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40417/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a deportation order requires a person to remove themselves from the State and it is only where they fail to do so that the State is forced to remove them and enforce the rule of law. The process leading to deportation is extensive with many avenues of appeal, including judicial review in the High Court, open to persons subject to deportation orders.

The statutory criteria which must be considered in relation to a decision to make a deportation order under section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999 include national security and public policy, the character and conduct of the person concerned and the common good.

The statistics requested by the Deputy are set out in the table below. It should be noted that the overwhelming majority of persons who arrive at the frontiers of the State without permission to enter or reside here are refused leave to land, without ever reaching the stage where they would be considered under the deportation process.Indeed, this figure has risen substantially to almost 3,500 last year and is expected to exceed 4,000 this year. Others voluntarily remove themselves before a Deportation Order is made or is required to be enforced.

It is not possible to provide the Deputy with the number of deportees who have worked in this jurisdiction for more than five years.

Questions concerning the liability of persons for taxation are a matter for the Revenue Commissioners.

Deportations Effected