550 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 7 December 2010, in the case of non-EEA nationals released from prison-detention deported at the time of their release, the arrangements made for such deportations in each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; the cost to the State of such deportations; the countries to which each person was deported in each of the said years and the reason no readily accessible records are maintained by him as to the number of such persons deported. [48542/10]

I refer the Deputy to my response to Parliamentary Question 201 of 17th December, 2010 outlining the issues with compiling the information sought.

For the sake of completion I would also add that the figures given include both EEA nationals as well as other foreign nationals; as such it does not follow that all of the persons in question could be or would be liable to be deported upon their release from prison.

In order to compile the information sought by the Deputy each relevant file would have to be examined to extract the other information sought by the Deputy. As the Deputy will appreciate, this exercise amounts to a very considerable body of work. I have, however, asked my officials to look again with a view to establishing whether the information could be extracted in a reasonable time frame and without the expenditure of an inordinate amount of resources. I will advise the Deputy of the outcome in due course.