Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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333. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens currently working in the United Kingdom, indicated by area in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19188/16]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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Data on the number of Irish citizens currently working in the United Kingdom is not available as the UK Office for National Statistics does not differentiate between EU citizens for the purposes of employment and labour market data. According to the most recent data of 18 May 2016, there is nearly 2.2 million EU citizens working in the UK.

The United Kingdom’s 2011 census data, which is the most recently available, indicates that the number of Irish born citizens resident in the UK at that time was 430,309 of which 395,182 were resident in England, 22,952 in Scotland and 12,175 in Wales. Of course the number of people living in the UK who are Irish citizens through descent is considerably larger.