Department of Justice

Data and Analytics Unit

6/7 Hanover Street East, Dublin 2, D02 W320

Enforcement of immigration legislation data (EIL statistics) contain statistical information based on Article 5 and 7 of the Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 as amended by the Regulation (EU) 2020/851 with reference to third-country nationals:

• refused entry at the external border,
• found to be illegally present,
• ordered to leave,
• returned following an order to leave.

See table 3.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

Migration and asylum – Enforcement of Immigration Legislation statistics

See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

Number of persons

See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

The Republic of Ireland

See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

2023

Number of persons.

Calendar quarter and calendar year.

The compilation of statistics on enforcement of immigration legislation is based on Article 5 and 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of 11 July 2007 as amended by the Regulation 2020/851 which depicts in details the data provisions Member States are bound to supply Eurostat with.

Data shared is aggregate data with no identifying personal details. 

There is no formalised confidentiality policy. However no personal data or data that could lead to the identification of a person is released. 

From 25 May 2018 the key legislative frameworks are:

• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• Data Protection Act 2018
• the “Law Enforcement Directive” (Directive (EU) 2016/680) which has been transposed into Irish law by way of the Data Protection Act 2018
• the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003
• the 2011 “ePrivacy Regulations” (S.I. No. 336 of 2011 – the European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Privacy And Electronic Communications) Regulations 2011)

Cells with less than three cases are suppressed

Release calendar not available

Data is published on the Government of Ireland Open data website: Department of Justice - Publishers - data.gov.ie

The above website is accessible by the public

Data is updated on the open data website monthly. 

Not available at national level.

Not available at national level.

Data is published on the Government of Ireland Open data website: Department of Justice - Publishers - data.gov.ie

Not applicable.

Not available at national level.

Not available at national level.

Not applicable.

Procedure manuals and process maps are compiled for each dataset and table. These are for internal use only. 

Not applicable.

Not available at national level.

Statistics are based entirely on administrative sources. 

Procedure manuals and process maps are compiled for each dataset and table..

Before publishing the data, consistent validation checks are performed.

Revisions are carried out as issues are encountered or identified. 

Data is considered of high quality

Administrative data is collected for service delivery purposes

Not available

See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

Not applicable.

Data is considered highly accurate. Any errors are revised when they are encountered or identified. 

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable as data is not based on samples

See table 13.3.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable as data is not based on samples

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable as data is not based on samples

Not applicable.

See below

Data published on the Irish government website has a lag of approximately seven days from end of month. 

Data is only published once.

See table 14.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

Data is submitted to Eurostat by the due data. 

Data published on the Irish government website has a lag approximately seven days from end of month. 

Data is geographically comparable across all of the country

Not applicable.

See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

Not applicable.

See table 15.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

There can be minor variations between monthly, quarterly and annual data due to backdating, fixing of data entry errors, suppression of low numbers. These are usually caught and rectified. 

Not applicable.

There can be minor variations between monthly, quarterly and annual data due to backdating, fixing of data entry errors, suppression of low numbers. These are usually caught and rectified. 

As data is collected as part of the service delivery and statistics are based on existing administrative data. There is no extra cost or burden on respondents.

There is currently no formalised revision policy for these statistics. Revisions are done as soon as errors are discovered 

See table 17.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

Not applicable.

See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

Data is collected daily

Administrative data which is collected in the process of service delivery. 

Internal checks are done by the data and analytics team when compiling the statistics. 

Any inconsistencies discovered are relayed the the data entry teams for investigation. 

Not applicable

Not applicable.

No statistical technique applied.

No statistical technique applied.

“Has refused to provide biometric data, if required” does not apply to Ireland. The zero figures for this reason are actually NULL.