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Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Department of Justice and Equality

Deportation Orders Data

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, other than criminals, deported in each of the past five years and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1870/18]

Photo of Charles FlanaganCharles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the information requested by the Deputy is as set out in the following table.

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. In determining whether to make a deportation order, in addition to the factors set out in Section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999, I must also consider all relevant constitutional and international human rights arising including those enshrined in the Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture and the European Charter of Human Rights. The question of not returning a person to a place where certain fundamental rights would be breached (or non refoulment as it is referred to) is fully considered in every case when deciding whether or not to make a deportation order. This involves consideration of whether returning the person would result in the life or freedom of that person being threatened on account of his or her race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, or whether the person would be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

A deportation order requires the person concerned 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.

It is to be noted that the enforcement of deportation orders is an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB).

Total Number of Deportations effected from 2013 to date *

2013209 
2014114 
2015251
2016428 
2017140 
2018 (up to 15/1/2018)6
* Please note that it is not possible to differentiate between criminals and non criminals.

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