Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actual number of people deported on foot of a deportation order in each of the last 12 months; the number of these that were deported for criminal convictions and or being a threat to the State or not meeting the permission to remain criteria. [7442/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The table below gives details of the number of people removed from the State on foot of Deportation Orders in the last 12 months. When issued with a deportation order, the person concerned is required to remove themselves from the State. Many people comply with this and leave the country voluntarily. It should be noted that the figures provided consist of a combination of individuals escorted out of the State and those who left of their own accord on being served with a Deportation Order.

In that context, the State is not always informed when an individual, on whom a Deportation Order has been served, leaves the State. It is the practice to update statistics as information comes to light. Statistics are not recorded in the specific manner requested by the Deputy, where criminality is concerned.

During the course of the Covid-19 Pandemic the Government declared a moratorium on deportations for humanitarian reasons, the exception to this rule being in the case of individuals whose conduct in the State was such as to render their deportation desirable.

With the cessation of pandemic related precautionary measures in August 2022,  the State has begun to return to a more normalised deportation regime