Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people (details supplied) whose PPS number was active, by county that is, in receipt of benefits or paying taxes between 1 February and 1 April 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22496/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The number of Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection from Ukraine in receipt of welfare supports at end January 2024, end February 2024 or end March 2024 stood at 76,633 persons. This figure includes children and adults of all ages. The data by county requested by the Deputy is shown in the following table.

Information on taxes paid is relevant to the Revenue Commissioners and is not available to the Department of Social Protection.

Note that the Central Statistics Office publishes detailed statistics on Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection from Ukraine in their ‘Arrivals from Ukraine in Ireland’ release and on their Information Hub ‘Ireland's Relationship with Ukrainian People and their Economy’.

Awaiting additional information from Department.