Written answers

Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Departmental Data

Photo of Carol NolanCarol Nolan (Offaly, Independent)
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828. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether her Department monitors the employment status of those who have been granted Irish citizenship in recent years; if so, the number of adults who were granted citizenship from 2020 to date in 2025 currently in receipt of either jobseekers benefit or jobseekers allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24327/25]

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Social Protection does not hold data on citizenship and therefore the data requested by the Deputy is not available.

Photo of Carol NolanCarol Nolan (Offaly, Independent)
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829. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of non-nationals who are currently in receipt of either jobseekers benefit or jobseekers allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24328/25]

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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My Department regularly publishes data on recipients of social protection payments, including breakdowns by nationality. This data is available in open-data format, accessible through data.gov.ie and

The statistics requested by the Deputy are provided in the table below. Figures relate to 30/04/2025.

Scheme Irish All other Nationalities Total
Jobseeker's Allowance 70,645 32,033 102,678
Jobseeker's Benefit 26,043 6,846 32,889

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