Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 1136: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will provide details of the number of non-EU persons in the country at present, under the following categories: work permit holders, students, persons granted asylum, persons granted leave to remain, persons being processed, persons granted citizenship, other categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33047/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The total number of non-EEA (European Economic Area) persons with legal status in the State registered with the Garda National Immigration Bureau at the end of 2009 in the categories referred to by the Deputy was approximately 135,000. That number includes approximately 17,000 work permit holders, 32,000 students, 10,000 persons granted refugee status, 3,700 persons granted leave to remain and 72,000 persons with other categories of status. It should be noted that these figures cannot be taken as a precise measure of the numbers of non-EEA persons in these categories who were actually present in the State at the end of 2009, as persons who are currently registered may have left the State. Approximately 11,500 persons were granted citizenship between the years 2005 and 2009.

The information requested by the Deputy in respect of "persons being processed" is not readily available. Persons in this category would be included in asylum, subsidiary protection, leave to remain, Long Term Residence, EU Treaty Rights, etc caseloads, some of which cases can relate to more than one person.