About 70 per cent of the 119,000 Ukrainians who have sought protection in Ireland to date are still in the State, according to a new report from the Central Statistics Office.
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine almost four years ago, 119,043 Personal Public Service Numbers (PPSN) have been issued to Ukrainians. Of those, 83,594 were still in the Republic after August 31st this year, according to the CSO.
The number of Ukrainian men aged between 20 and 24 arriving in Ireland has increased by 84 per cent since September 2024, after the conscription age was lowered last year from 27 to 25.
By September 29th last year, 2,735 men aged between 20 and 24 had sought protection in Ireland. This by number in this cohort rose to 5,030 by November 3rd, according to the CSO.
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This compares to a 12 per cent increase in the number of women aged between 20 and 24 in the same period, rising from 4,524 to 5,079, and an overall increase of 9 per cent in Ukrainian arrivals.
Since November 10th, the Government has significantly cut back the accommodation offered to people newly arriving to Ireland from Ukraine. This followed fears the State could run out of accommodation for Ukrainian people before the end of this month if arrival trends continued.
People seeking temporary protection from the war in Ukraine were previously offered accommodation for a maximum of 90 days, but this was cut to 30 days.
The CSO data shows 42,741 arrivals from Ukraine were living in private accommodation as of November 3rd, with 18,301 hosts receiving the €600 accommodation recognition payment. Donegal had the highest number of hosts of all counties (5,045), followed by Dublin (4,565) and Cork (3,062).
Kenmare in Co Kerry had the highest number of arrivals from Ukraine (1,873), as well as the highest rate of Ukrainians per 100 of the population. Newport in Co Tipperary had the lowest number of arrivals, with just 47, as of November 3rd.
The figures show women aged 20 or over made up 45 per cent of Ukrainians still in the State, followed by men in the same age group (27 per cent). A further 28 per cent were aged under 20.
In October this year, 28,200 arrivals from Ukraine were in paid employment. Their mean weekly earnings were €526.
The most common sector of employment was wholesale, transport and accommodation, at 42 per cent.
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Some 52,300 Ukrainians attended an employment support event arranged by Intreo Public Employment Services, according to the data, 53 per cent of whom cited English language proficiency as a challenge in securing employment.
A further 12,200 were enrolled in further education and training courses on November 1st, 8,100 of whom were enrolled in English language courses.
About 17,300 Ukrainian children were enrolled in primary and post-primary schools across the country as of this month, 59 per cent of whom were at primary level and 41 per cent at post-primary.
The CSO used data from the Department of Social Protection, State training agency Solas and Pobal, which manages and supports various Government-funded programmes, to measure the number of Ukrainians still active in Ireland.
