Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated number of people residing in Ireland illegally. [8514/24]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will appreciate that it is in it is inherently difficult to estimate the number of persons living in the State without permission owing to the nature of irregular migration. As a consequence my Department is not in a position to provide a reliable estimate of their number.