Immigrants No More Likely to Claim Welfare, Report Finds - 10/06/2026
No general pattern exists of immigrants being more likely to be in receipt of social welfare compared to native-born Irish citizens, an ESRI report on welfare receipt rates has found.The report used data from the Central Statistics Office to assess whether immigrants in Ireland are more or less likely to be in receipt of welfare payments compared to Irish-born people.It examined a broad set of payments including unemployment, sickness/disability and family/children-related welfare payments, including universal child benefit.We found out more about this on The Agenda this morning. Hosted on…
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