Quick Facts

Dedicated immigration detention sites: 0

Total detained: 961 (2008)

Average daily detained population: 17 (2008)

Pending asylum claims: 4,612 (end 2008)

Deportations and returns: 1,034 (2008)

Country Links

Last updated: February 2010

For more detailed information, see the complete List of Detention Sites.

Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform (DoJ). 2009 Annual Report 2008 ‘Working for a Safer, Fairer Ireland’. Dublin. 12 June 2009. http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/JELR/Annual%20Report%202008.pdf/Files/Annual%20Report%202008.pdf (accessed 10 Feb 2010)
Immigration Act. 2003. (Removal Places of Detention) Regulations 2005. http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/SI56of2005.pdf/Files/SI56of2005.pdf (accessed 20 January 2010).
Irish Prison Service. 2008. Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2007. Irish Prison Service. 18 December 2008. www.irishprisons.ie/documents/IPS_AR_2007.pdf (accessed 20 January 2010).
Irish Prison Service. 2009. Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2008. Irish Prison Service. 14 August 2009. www.irishprisons.ie/documents/IPSannualreport2008e_000.pdf (accessed 20 January 2010).
Irish Prison Service. Website. Prisons. http://www.irishprisons.ie/prisons-home.htm (accessed 23 February 2010).