Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 May 2026
626. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the length of time, on average, individuals who have been refused permission to remain in the State continue to reside in IPAS accommodation; and whether there are statutory or administrative limits on such stays [32188/26]
View answerThe 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 over 33,000 people.
Currently, there are over 800 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, and data is not routinely collated on the duration of their stay after a deportation order being issued.
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.
My Department works closely with the Garda National Immigration Bureau to arrange for the removal of persons subject to deportation orders.
The enforcement of deportation orders is an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB), and my Department works closely with the GNIB to progress arrangements for the removal of people subject to deportation orders. If a person issued with a deportation order does not leave the State independently then they are required to present to the GNIB in accordance with the conditions of their deportation order.
