Almost 33% of people on Jobseeker's Allowance are non-Irish nationals

Almost one third of those on Jobseeker’s Allowance long term are of non-Irish nationality.

A total of 151,497 people are on the social welfare payment, with 49,898 or 32.9%, not being Irish.

The figures were obtained by Offaly Independent TD, Carol Nolan,according to an article by Gript Media.

The majority were from outside of the EU and UK, meaning they came here after being issued with work permits, as asylum seekers, or as the dependents of one of those.

101,619 Irish people recieve Jobseeker’s Allowance, 4,857 British, and 45,021 were from other countries.

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“We are allowing a vast system of welfare dependency and immigration related welfare tourism to be created at a cost of hundreds of millions annually,” Deputy Carol Nolan said.

The latest figures also show that there are 54,490 persons not of Irish nationality in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance and Jobseekers Benefit, accounting for 30.3% of those social welfare payments.

This means that the number of non-Irish nationals who are in receipt of both has more than doubled (111% increase) since 2022.