Willie O'Dea
Question:85. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Taoiseach the number of people that have emigrated since January 2010 to date in 2012; and the percentage of those that were Irish nationals. [40577/12]
View answerTuesday, 25 September 2012
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The information requested by the Deputy regarding emigration is not available for the period specified, namely from 1 January 2010 to date.
Annual Population and Migration Estimates are published in respect of Mid-April each year and the most recent release showed the number of emigrants from the Republic of Ireland for the 12 month period ending April 2010 was 65,300 and for 2011 was 76,400. The percentage of emigrants that were Irish Nationals was 42.4 per cent and 52.6 per cent respectively.
This data was taken from the CSO’s annual Population and Migration Estimates release. The annual estimates for 2010 and 2011 are subject to revision.
The revised figures will be published on 27th September 2012 along with the emigration estimates for the year to April 2012.