Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent)
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1271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of IPAS applicants currently in the State who have been served with a deportation order; the reason they remain in the State; the consequences if a person served with a deportation order commits a violent or sexual offence in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58218/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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The number of people resident in the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centres who have been refused permission to remain in the State is a small proportion of our total resident population of nearly 33,000 people.

Currently, there are approximately 500 people subject to deportation orders residing in IPAS accommodation. This number fluctuates regularly as people leave Ireland under the relevant return pathways, and as new orders are made

Some people subject to deportation orders may have the enforcement of their order suspended due to legal proceedings or due to personal circumstances such as health grounds. Others will be in the process of arranging to leave the State as directed.

The Department works closely with the Garda National Immigration Bureau to arrange for the removal of persons subject to deportation orders.

The number of deportation orders signed in 2024 (2,403) increased by 180% compared to 2023 (857). This year, 3,583 deportation orders have been signed up to 17 October 2025.

Individuals who have been issued with a deportation order are required to present to the GNIB in accordance with the conditions of their deportation order. Failure to do so may result in arrest and detention to facilitate their deportation from the State.