Census of Population

Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Ceisteanna (655)

Carol Nolan

Ceist:

655. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 27 January 2026, to confirm that according to the CSO, the number of people estimated to reside within the State who originated from outside the UK and the EU27 has risen from 168,700 in April 2019 to 426,400 in April 2025, a net increase of approximately 257,700; his views on whether it is sustainable for a number of people greater than the population of Cork city to migrate into Ireland from outside the UK or the EU in just a five-year period [16390/26]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is the national statistics agency, established under the Statistics Act 1993. Under section 13 of the Statistics Act 1993, the CSO is fully independent in its role of publishing statistics, and the standards applied to these statistics.

The Programme for Government 2025 contains a commitment to publish a National Migration and Integration Strategy detailing how Government intends to meet the demands and the opportunities facing Ireland’s society and economy over the next decade.

My Department is currently working collaboratively with a wide range of other Government departments to develop this strategy with the aim to publish Ireland’s first overarching whole-of-government National Migration and Integration Strategy later this year