A quarter of asylum claims refused under a new fast-track scheme have been issued with deportation orders

That is according to new figures provided by the Minister for Justice, Jim O’Callaghan, who has confirmed that a total of 1,712 deportation orders have been signed since January 1st to May 8th of this year.

The information was provided by Mr O’Callaghan to Independent Ireland TD Ken O’Flynn in response to a parliamentary question this week.

There were just over 3,000 international protection applications between January and March of this year

New figures provided by the Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan show that 703 deportation orders have been issued so far in 2025.

In 2024, 1,116 people departed from the State under various mechanisms, and this was an increase of 252 per cent on the 2023 total of 317.