Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the delays experienced by workers from outside the State in a sector (details supplied) in obtaining a personal public service number; if she has plans to expedite the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11727/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department is responsible for the allocation of Personal Public Service Numbers to those who require one to take up employment or education or to access public services.  The Department is facing a significant increase in applications for a PPSN. This is due mainly to the increase in the number of people taking up employment in the country because of the improving labour market.

To meet this demand, the Department has assigned additional resources to deal with PPSN applications. This increased capacity has resulted in a significant improvement in processing times of PPSN applications in recent weeks and this improvement will continue over the coming weeks.

Department officials continue to engage with employers and with employer representative groups to expedite PPSN applications where they are required by applicants seeking to take up employment in Ireland.