Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 September 2026
508. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of international protection applicants who had reckonable earnings, and made PRSI contributions in each of the years since 2020, according to the Revenue Commissioners and his Departments records. [68310/26]
View answerMy Department does not hold data in respect of someone's international protection status. Daily Expenses Allowance is payable to International Protection Applicants who live in or are on a waiting list for accommodation provided by the International Protection Accommodation Service. Not all persons seeking protection receive the Daily Expenses Allowance. PRSI information held by my Department is not sufficiently time stamped to examine crossover between Daily Expenses Allowance claims and PRSI contributing.
Earlier this year, the Central Statistics Office published a frontier series release titled "International Protection Applicants: Demographic and Employment Insights 2022-2024". While frontier series releases are considered experimental in nature, this release included detailed analysis of employment for the persons availing of the Daily Expenses Allowance and may be of interest to the Deputy. The release is available at www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/fp/fp-ipadei/internationalprotectionapplicantsdemographicandemploymentinsights2022-2024/.
