International Protection

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Questions (780)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

780. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason a person (details supplied), who created an alias to avoid deportation and used it falsely to claim social welfare, has been allowed to remain in Ireland; the number of persons who have broken the law while in the IPAS application system that have been allowed to stay in the State, for each of the past five years; and the number of persons who have broken the law after receiving a deportation order that have been allowed to stay in the State for each of the past five years. [63418/25]

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Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

It is important to note that, as Minister, I do not comment on individual cases.

It is a central priority for me as Minister that our immigration laws are robust and enforced. The removal of people in the immigration system who are involved in criminality or who are a danger to society is an essential requirement for the system to work effectively and to ensure that our people have confidence in the application of our laws in this area.

Any permission granted an immigration permission can have that permission revoked if they fail to obey the laws of the State or become involved in criminal activity.

My officials work closely with members of An Garda Síochána and the Irish Prison Service to ensure high risk persons are prioritised for removal from Ireland and this takes place on an ongoing basis. Information on the overall number of instances of persons committing an offence while in the international protection system or after having been served a deportation order is not, however, readily available.