95,000 PPS numbers issued in 2015 to foreigners

A total of 82,773 foreign nationals over the age of 15 received PPS numbers in Ireland last year, and just over half of these people were engaged in employment.

A Central Statistics Office report looked at the employment and social welfare activity of foreigners in Ireland as well as their PPS number allocations.

“Of the 82,773 foreign nationals aged 15 years and over who were allocated new PPSNs in 2015, 41,853 had employment activity during the year,” the report said.