Deportation Orders
Dail Éireann — 2025-07-03
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Colm Brophy (FG), Dublin South-West

To clarify, if a person has left voluntarily, he or she must provide, on foot of a request, officials with documentary evidence within three days that they have left Ireland. If they do not do so, a deportation order can be issued.
Of the 808 people who left by way of voluntary return this year up to 27 June, 615 had been refused international protection status. Since 2020, 2,300 people have left Ireland under the programme. Of these, just over 1,600 had been refused international protection status. In these instances, the departures of the people in question have been confirmed. We have a clear indication from right across Europe that, in many instances, people who avail of the voluntary return programme do not return.

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