Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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210. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of letters of intention to deport under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 issued in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; if they were asylum-related or non-asylum-related; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20859/17]

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 the number of intention to deport letters issued under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) in the years between 2013 up to and including 31/03/2017 was approximately 7,362. This includes both failed asylum seekers and anyone who entered the section 3 process by any other means, for example, those whose immigration permission has lapsed or not been renewed.

The information sought by the Deputy is as set out in the following tables: