Written answers
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Departmental Data
Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and 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]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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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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