Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I can advise the Deputy that deportation and removal processes are an essential part of any immigration system. It must be acknowledged that those who do not have a legal right to remain in this country must remove themselves from the State. A person subject to a Deportation Order has no legal basis to remain in the State. Their case to remain in the State has been considered in detail and all available appeals processes have been exhausted.

The Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) is responsible for carrying out deportations. However, the Deputy will be aware that the numbers of Deportation Orders effected by GNIB does not take account of individuals who have left the State without informing my Department. It is the case that many individuals who are subject to Deportation Orders leave the State without notifying the relevant authorities and this particular category of individual is difficult to quantify.

The table below shows the number of international protection applicants who have received deportation orders, and of those, the number deported by year from 2019 to date in 2023.

Year Issued	Total IP Deportation Orders Signed*	Numbers Deported**
2019	835	183
2020	291	63
2021	0	17
2022	539	55
2023 YTD	765	37

*Please note, figures are correct at time of issue, however, all statistics may be subject to data cleansing.

**Numbers deported may relate to deportation orders issued in previous years.