Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 187: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Romanian and Bulgarian people who have work permits; the number from each country recruited through agencies; the number from each country who have Irish PPS numbers; the number from each country who are living here at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31431/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently 186 valid employment permits in respect of Romanian nationals and 63 in respect of Bulgarian nationals. I understand from the Department of Social and Family Affairs that since January 2007, 13130 PPS numbers have been issued in respect of Romanian nationals and 886 in respect of Bulgarian nationals.

The CSO Quarterly National Household Survey for the third quarter of 2007 indicates that there are 7,000 Bulgarians and Romanians in employment. The CSO 2006 census indicated that there were 8,492 nationals of Romania and 969 nationals of Bulgaria living in Ireland. The number of nationals of Romania and Bulgaria recruited through agencies is not known.