Rate of overseas workers entering Ireland slowing Sunday, June 28, 2009 By Niamh Connolly Political Correspondent Ireland is continuing to attract workers from overseas, albeit at a slower rate than last year, according to new figures from the Department of Social and Family Affairs.
In the first five months of this year, the department issued 74,191 new Personal Public Service (PPS) numbers, of which 37,064- almost half - were issued to people from outside the Republic.
In the same period last year, 106,140 PPS numbers were issued. Of those, 38,837 were to people from the Republic and the remaining 67,303 recipients were from elsewhere.
The figures show sharp drops from certain countries, with PPS numbers issued to 7,342 Polish nationals in the first five months, compared with 18,786 in the same period last year.
However, Latvians continued to seek work in similar numbers to last year, with 1,428 receiving PPS numbers up to May, compared to 1,396 last year.
There were 1,336 PPS numbers allocated to Lithuanians, compared to almost twice as many - 2,659 - in the first five months last year. Romanian allocations dropped from 3,308 to 1,127 in the same period.
The number of migrants from the Czech Republic receiving PPS numbers dropped from 1,112 in the first five months of last year to 394i n the same period this year. PPS numbers allocated to Brazilians halved to 1,453 in the first five months of 2009.
However, the fall-off from other countries was more marginal, with PPS numbers being allocated to 486 Chinese nationals in the five months to the end of May, compared to 591 last year.
The figure for Nigerians fell to 411, compared with 601 in the first five months last year. Indians accounted for 1,167 new numbers, down from 1,988 last year.
There were 1,033 PPS numbers issued to Americans in the first five months of this year, down by almost 20 per cent from 1,283 last year.
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