Vol. 412 No. 3
123 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the estimated number of Irish born emigrants in each of the following countries (1) Britain, (2) United States, (3) Canada and (4) Australia; and the total in the other 11 EC nations.
As the Deputy is aware, the Central Statistics Office publish figures relating to net migration to and from the State. However, it would not be possible to derive from these a figure of the number of Irish born people living abroad.
Since there is no requirement on Irish citizens to register at Irish diplomatic missions or consular offices, the Government do not have comprehensive data on the number of Irish born citizens living in the countries mentioned in the Deputy's question.
