International Sanctions

Wednesday, 24 June 2026

Ceisteanna (226)

Carol Nolan

Ceist:

226. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 682 of 16 June 2026, to answer the questions originally asked, specifically to list all occasions from 1 January 2016 to date on which either he or his predecessors have instructed immigration officials to deny entry to the State to specific individuals and to provide the name of all such individuals; and to state the number of other individuals who have been considered for such a potential travel ban or instruction to refuse entry, but where such a ban was not ultimately imposed in each year from 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47955/26]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Further to my previous reply, since 1 January 2016 the only occasion on which I, or my predecessors, have instructed immigration authorities to refuse entry to specifically named individuals outside the UN or EU sanctions regimes or exclusion orders, is the decision referred to in the original response concerning the two Israeli ministers.

The Department does not maintain a separate record of instances where an individual may have been considered for a specific ministerial direction to refuse entry but where no such direction was ultimately issued. Accordingly, the information requested in respect of such cases in not available.