Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 January 2024
386. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of PPS numbers issued in Ireland from 1 January to 31 December 2023; the breakdown by nationality that each of the PPS number was issued to, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4192/24]
View answerI can inform the Deputy that the preliminary figures indicate that the number of PPS numbers issued in 2023 was 271,322. This compares to 249,000 PPS Numbers issued in 2022.
A breakdown by nationality is set out in the table below. Some nationalities have been grouped together under the category "other" for presentation purposes.
|
Nationality |
PPS Numbers Issued |
|
Ireland |
64,955 |
|
Ukraine |
33,364 |
|
India |
25,479 |
|
Brazil |
14,131 |
|
United Kingdom |
13,061 |
|
Romania |
12,848 |
|
Spain |
9,735 |
|
Italy |
6,778 |
|
Portugal |
4,877 |
|
Poland |
4,701 |
|
China |
4,562 |
|
United States |
4,467 |
|
Nigeria |
4,146 |
|
France |
4,129 |
|
Pakistan |
3,679 |
|
Philippines |
3,588 |
|
South Africa |
2,793 |
|
Germany |
2,407 |
|
Mexico |
2,166 |
|
Bulgaria |
1,980 |
|
Zimbabwe |
1,959 |
|
Turkey |
1,894 |
|
Algeria |
1,885 |
|
Afghanistan |
1,750 |
|
Georgia |
1,431 |
|
Chile |
1,418 |
|
Somalia |
1,388 |
|
Bolivia |
1,294 |
|
Australia |
1,239 |
|
Croatia |
1,212 |
|
Lithuania |
1,203 |
|
Hungary |
1,181 |
|
Sweden |
1,165 |
|
Bangladesh |
1,159 |
|
Canada |
1,115 |
|
Russian Federation |
1,006 |
|
Malaysia |
1,005 |
|
Egypt |
909 |
|
Czech Republic |
869 |
|
Netherlands |
866 |
|
Argentina |
836 |
|
Greece |
762 |
|
Latvia |
737 |
|
Slovakia |
729 |
|
Sri Lanka |
688 |
|
Botswana |
647 |
|
Japan |
605 |
|
Republic of Korea |
569 |
|
Ghana |
545 |
|
Israel |
440 |
|
Thailand |
395 |
|
Moldova |
389 |
|
Belgium |
387 |
|
Kenya |
378 |
|
Morocco |
371 |
|
Syria |
368 |
|
New Zealand |
345 |
|
Iran |
339 |
|
Nepal |
333 |
|
Albania |
312 |
|
Norway |
308 |
|
Austria |
305 |
|
Colombia |
292 |
|
Vietnam |
262 |
|
Finland |
255 |
|
Switzerland |
247 |
|
Denmark |
233 |
|
Malta |
213 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
202 |
|
Iraq |
199 |
|
Jordan |
184 |
|
Mauritius |
179 |
|
Uganda |
179 |
|
Cyprus |
153 |
|
Estonia |
140 |
|
Belarus |
135 |
|
Indonesia |
133 |
|
Kuwait |
118 |
|
Slovenia |
80 |
|
Serbia |
75 |
|
Oman |
73 |
|
Lebanon |
72 |
|
Luxembourg |
66 |
|
Singapore |
66 |
|
Other |
6,799 |
|
Unknown or not stated |
385 |
