Written answers

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

Department of Justice and Equality

Deportation Orders

Photo of Carol NolanCarol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that have been made by persons seeking to have their deportation order revoked, pursuant to the provisions of section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), by year, in tabular form; the number of successful applications and the numbers of applications that have been rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22398/23]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that any person, who is the subject of a Deportation Order, can apply to the Minister, under section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to have their Deportation Order revoked. That position applies equally to deportation orders made under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) or under section 51 of the International Protection Act 2015.

Any such request, to have a realistic chance of having a favourable outcome, would need to be founded on new information or changed circumstances which were not raised, nor were capable of being raised, when the decision to make a Deportation Order was taken. Where such a request is made, the outcome of that request will be that the existing Deportation Order will either be ‘affirmed’ or ‘revoked’.

The first table below shows the number of applications that have been made by persons seeking to have their deportation order revoked, pursuant to the provisions of section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 from 1 January 2018 to 11 May 2023.

2018 451
2019 648
2020 512
2021 294
2022 522
2023 to 11 May 2023 217
Total 2,644

Total number of decisions issued from 1 January 2018 to date:

2018 Order Affirmed 100
Order Amended 11
Order Revoked 317
Order Revoked and PTR Granted 4
Year Total 432
2019 Order Affirmed 101
Order Amended 11
Order Revoked 375
Order Revoked and PTR Granted 10
Under Consideration 1
Year Total 498
2020 Order Affirmed 24
Order Amended 1
Order Amended and Affirmed 2
Order Revoked 262
Order Revoked and PTR Granted 51
Under Consideration 1
Year Total 341
2021 Order Affirmed 11
Order Revoked 174
Order Revoked and PTR Granted 85
Year Total 270
2022 Applied 1
Order Affirmed 43
Order Amended and Affirmed 1
Order Revoked 573
Order Revoked and PTR Granted 44
Year Total 662
2023 to 11 May 2023 Order Affirmed 3
Order Revoked 209
Order Revoked and PTR Granted 27
Year Total 239

It should be noted that a decision made in a particular year may relate to an application made in a previous year.

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