Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 October 2016
73. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 927 of 27 September 2016, when preliminary data will be available to report on the numbers of returning emigrants to take up employment since the launch of the Programme for a Partnership Government; and if this will be made available before the end of 2016; if not, when in 2017 this data is expected. [31337/16]
View answerStatistics on migration are included in the CSO's annual Population and Migration Estimates release. The principal source of information for the estimation of annual migration flows published by the Central Statistics Office, incorporating both emigration and immigration, is the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS); the published estimates are classified by sex, broad age group, origin and destination and nationality. The latest release was published in August 2016 and the latest annual figures available are for the year to April 2016.
The next annual release is currently scheduled for publication in the 4th quarter of 2017. This release will contain preliminary migration data classified by principal economic status for the year to April 2017. The release will also include final migration data for the years 2012 to 2016 inclusive, due to the incorporation of Census revisions.
