Personal Public Service Numbers

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 February 2023

Tuesday, 14 February 2023

Questions (101)

Niall Collins

Question:

101. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach the number of Ukrainian persons issued PPS numbers in 2022, analysed by gender and those aged under 18 and above 18 years of age, respectively; and the number of those issued with PPS numbers who are now in employment. [5950/23]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach

Records from the Department of Social Protection show that on the 2 January 2023 a total of 69,607 PPS numbers had been issued to persons arriving from Ukraine under the Temporary Protection Directive (2001/55 EC). A breakdown by sex, and those aged under 18 years and 18 years or above is shown in Table 1 below.

Table 1: Cumulative PPSN allocations to arrivals from Ukraine by sex and broad age groups as of 2 January 2023

	Male	Female	All
Persons under 18 years of age	10,846	10,252	21,098
Persons aged 18 and over	15,047	33,462	48,509
All persons	25,893	43,714	69,607

Of the 69,607 persons issued with a PPS number, 12,407 had an active employment record with Revenue on the 3 January 2023 as per the Revenue Payroll Notification system.