Arrivals from Ukraine in Ireland Series 5

Editor's Note

In response to the situation, the CSO provides statistics related to the Ukrainian crisis to an inter-Departmental group called the Senior Officials Group. The statistics include a weekly Department of Social Protection (DSP) extract which the CSO receives every Monday.  Some of the aggregate data provided to the Group this week features in the release issued today (19 August 2022). This release is also a follow-up to Arrivals from Ukraine in Ireland Series 4.

As well as the strict legal protections set out in the Statistics Act, 1993, and other existing regulations, the CSO is committed to protecting individual privacy and all identifiable information from each of the data sources used in our analysis, such as name, date of birth and addresses, are removed before use and only anonymised statistical aggregates are produced. For further information on the data sources, linking procedures and definitions of this report, see Background Notes.

The Temporary Protection Directive (2001/55 EC) was activated on the 04 March 2022 by EU Council Decision EU 2022/382, to provide immediate protection in EU countries for people displaced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on the 24 February 2022.  This publication examines and analyses the population cohort that availed of the temporary protection and received a PPSN. Therefore, the figures quoted should be interpreted as estimates of the numbers arriving from Ukraine. For example, the number of persons who have arrived from Ukraine may not have received a PPSN yet, while the figures may also include those who received a PPSN earlier in the crisis but who are no longer resident in the State.

To avail of the Temporary Protection Directive and to reside in Ireland, an Arrival from Ukraine must meet the following criteria:

a) A Ukrainian national who was residing in Ukraine before 24 February 2022;

b) A national of a third country (other than Ukraine) or stateless person who would have benefited from international protection (for example: Refugee Status) or an equivalent national protection status in Ukraine and were residing there before 24 February 2022;

c) A family member* of persons covered by a) and b) above, where the family already existed in Ukraine at the time of events leading to the mass influx prior to 24 February 2022

*Family members include a spouse or partner, unmarried minor children of either of them, and their other close dependent family relatives who have been living with them as part of the family unit.

Temporary protection also applies to people who were residing in Ukraine before 24 February 2022 with a permanent Ukrainian residence permit, who cannot safely return to their country of origin.

Tables and Maps

Figure 1 shows the total cumulative number of arrivals (based on PPSN allocations) from Ukraine to Ireland for the week ending 07 August 2022 was 47,962. This is a 2% increase compared to the cumulative count one week earlier and a 11% increase compared to four weeks earlier. 

Based on the 47,962 arrivals, 93% or 44,468 individuals could be mapped to a local post office address, through which they were seeking assistance from the Department of Social Protection, for instance to collect social protection payments personally. Using the post office address as a tentative proxy for place of residence, Map 1 presents the count for the week ending 07 August 2022 by LEA for the 44,468 mapped records. LEAs with lighter colours correspond with lower counts while the darker areas correspond with LEA with higher counts. Users can hover their mouse over the map to see the name of the LEA and the associated count. Users can also zoom in on the map to see some of the LEAs that are smaller in geographical area. 

Table 2 shows the age and sex breakdown of arrivals as of 07 August 2022. We see that women aged 20 and over account for 47% of this cohort to date, while individuals aged 0-19 (both male and female) account for 36%. 

Again using the same approach as described for Map 1 above, Map 2 shows the arrival rate (%) by LEA (per 100 of the preliminary Census 2022 de facto population) as of 07 August 2022. The rate ranges from 0.04% to 7.19% in LEAs across the country. 

 

As of 07 August 2022, 1,095 arrivals from Ukraine are living in 579 private accommodations where the host is in receipt of 'Accommodation Recognition Payment’ for accommodating people from Ukraine.

Table 3 focuses on active welfare claims broken down by 'Working Age Income Supports', 'Child Benefits' and 'Other'. Please note that data is preliminary and subject to change as additional data becomes available, particularly for the most recent week reported.

Table 4 shows that for the 6,546 persons with earnings from employment, the mean weekly earnings in July 2022 were €372 (based on CSO methodology - see 'Background Notes'). The most common sector of employment was Wholesale, Transport and Accommodation at 57%. 

(NOTE: for official statistics on earnings data please see the Earnings, Hours and Employment Costs Survey (EHECS) and Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources 2020 (EAADS).) 

Since 11 April 2022, Intreo Public Employment Services (of the DSP) have been arranging employment support events for arrivals from Ukraine and, as of 07 August 2022, those events have been attended by 15,627 arrivals.

The previous occupation of those arrivals from Ukraine are shown in Table 5. ‘Professionals’ were the largest broad group among the classification listed of the 11,251 persons having recorded work history, with 33% (or 3,659 persons).

Of the persons that attended Intreo events, 67% were noted with English language proficiency being a challenge in securing employment, see Table 6.

Of the 11,999 persons where the highest level of education was recorded, 68% had achieved an NFQ level equivalent to 7 or higher, see Table 7.

Looking at relationships between arrivals from Ukraine, based on PPSN allocations data, Table 8 shows that 38% (or 18,079 individuals) were in the relationship category 'One parent with children', the highest percentage among the broad relationship categories used. Relationships to persons who did not arrive under the Temporary Protection Directive - for example persons already resident in Ireland, or persons such as spouses remaining in Ukraine, are excluded.

Table 9 shows that as of the latest available data, 6,890 arrivals from Ukraine have enrolled in schools in the academic year 2021/22, with 71% of these in primary schools and the remaining 29% in secondary schools. Dublin has the highest number of children enrolled in schools at 1,205 while Monaghan had the lowest at 23. 

In this release, of the 6,890 arrivals from Ukraine that enrolled in schools, 78% were successfully linked to Department of Social Protection administrative data using a pseudonymised Protected Identifier Key (PIK). For further information on the data sources, linking procedures and definitions of this report, see Background Notes. Table 10 shows that average time between the allocation of a PPSN to enrolment in primary or secondary school was just over two weeks. 

Primary and secondary enrolments for the academic year 2021/2022 have now ceased but additional statistics on enrolments in the last academic year can be found in 'Arrivals from Ukraine in Ireland - Series 3'. 

Experimental Table 11 below gives an indication if arrivals from Ukraine have stayed or left Ireland by examining activity in administrative data. Subject to revision, 89% of persons aged 18 and over had activity after the 30 June 2022 in the available data, see Background notes. The rate of administrative activity after 30 June 2022 could be underestimated as it is based on the administrative data currently available to the CSO. The availability of more real-time data to the CSO will help provide more up to date statistics in this series going forward.