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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 April 2024

Tuesday, 16 April 2024

Questions (462)

Darren O'Rourke

Question:

462. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of PPS numbers issued in Ireland from 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2024; and the breakdown, by nationality that each of the PPS numbers was issued to, in tabular form. [16282/24]

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Written answers

I can inform the Deputy that for the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2024, an overall total of 326,436 Personal Public Service Numbers (PPSNs) have been allocated by my Department.

Of this overall total, 71,692 PPSNs were allocated for children whose births were registered with the General Register Office.

Some nationalities have been grouped together under the category "other" for presentation purposes.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

TABLE 1 – PPSNs Allocated from 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2024 by Nationality

Afghanistan

2,154

Albania

386

Algeria

2,023

Argentina

1,018

Australia

1,481

Austria

353

Bangladesh

1,756

Belarus

149

Belgium

474

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

1,333

Botswana

819

Brazil

16,175

Bulgaria

2,304

Canada

1,337

Chile

1,636

China

5,339

Colombia

344

Croatia

1,422

Cyprus

168

Czech Republic

960

Denmark

274

Egypt

1,049

Estonia

166

Finland

306

France

5,056

Georgia

1,612

Germany

2,884

Ghana

701

Greece

906

Hungary

1,375

India

31,003

Indonesia

167

Iran, Islamic Republic of

405

Iraq

219

Ireland

80,479

Israel

512

Italy

8,347

Japan

733

Jordan

327

Kenya

504

Korea, Republic of

665

Kuwait

132

Latvia

909

Lebanon

83

Lithuania

1,425

Luxembourg

81

Malaysia

1,173

Malta

257

Mauritius

226

Mexico

2,457

Moldova, Republic of

472

Morocco

437

Nepal

414

Netherlands

1,078

New Zealand

412

Nigeria

6,173

Norway

381

Oman

83

Other

8,191

Pakistan

4,965

Philippines

4,399

Poland

5,441

Portugal

5,982

Romania

15,457

Russian Federation

1,102

Saudi Arabia

237

Serbia

85

Singapore

83

Slovakia

864

Slovenia

97

Somalia

1,824

South Africa

3,531

Spain

11,689

Sri Lanka

850

Sweden

1,565

Switzerland

294

Syrian Arab Republic

436

Thailand

425

Turkey

2,194

Uganda

205

Ukraine

36,457

United Kingdom

15,920

United States

5,434

Unknown or not stated

435

Vietnam

329

Zimbabwe

2,431

Total

245,957

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