Deportation Orders

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Ceisteanna (1129)

Carol Nolan

Ceist:

1129. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of notifications of intention to deport issued under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) for each year from 2001 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1690/24]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice

It has not been possible to collate the information requested in the time allowed. I will write to the Deputy directly when the information is to hand.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.

I refer to your Parliamentary Question No. 1129 which was for answer on 17 January 2024 and which asked: “…the number of notifications of intention to deport issued under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) for each year from 2001 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.”

You will recall that at the time, I undertook to seek the information requested and revert to you.

With apologies for the delay in issuing a further response, I can now confirm that where a person no longer has permission to be in the State they are notified of the intention to make a Deportation Order in respect of them. They are further advised of their options and that they should respond to this letter within 15 days.

They have the following 3 options.

1. Voluntary return. In this case assistance is provided to leave the State and no Deportation Order is issued.

2. Consent to a Deportation Order.

3. The person may submit representations under Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) detailing why a Deportation Order should not be made in respect of them. If this is successful no Deportation Order is issued and the person is given “Leave to Remain” for a specific period.

The following table details the number of notifications of intention to deport issued under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended)

Electronic records are available since 2013 of persons who have been issued with an intention to deport under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). The numbers are outlined in the table below:

Year	Number of notifications issued under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended)
2013	1,862
2014	1,384
2015	1,550
2016	1,797
2017	2,791
2018	2,029
2019	1,949
2020	802
2021	561
2022	605
2023	784
Total	16,114

*Please note that International Protection applicants refused refugee status, subsidiary protection and leave to remain are issued Deportation Orders under the International Protection Act 2015 and are therefore not included in these statistics.