The number of people seeking asylum here has dropped 40 per cent in the past year.

Figures for the first three months of the year show just over 3-thousand people arrived here seeking international protection, compared to 5-thousand-100 during the same time last year.

The data also shows the number of deportation orders tripled in the first three months of the year, from just over 300 to just over 1-thousand.

However, Harry McGee, Political Correspondent with The Irish Times, says only 40 per cent of people given the orders have left the country...

To discuss this further, Alan Morrissey was joined by Doras CEO, John Lannon and Clare's Fianna Fail Minister of State, Timmy Dooley.

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