Three-quarters of asylum seekers who first received supports in 2022 were working two years later

In 2025, the daily expense allowance is a maximum of €38.80 a week for an adult, and €29.80 for a child. This is increased to over €100 a week if Ipas is unable to provide someone with accommodation. File picture: Sasko Lazarov /RollingNews.ie

More than three-quarters of asylum seekers who first began to receive supports in 2022 were working in some form two years later, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has said.

In a release on the data it has gathered around International Protection in Ireland, the CSO said the number of people benefiting from the “daily expense allowance” has increased considerably in recent years.