Almost 2500 Ukrainian refugees living in Louth according to CSO

The total number of Ukrainian refugees living in Louth under the Temporary Protection Directive now stands at 2478 according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office.

This compares to a figure of 2236 in October last year.

Nationally, 104,870 Personal Public Service Numbers (PPSNs) were given to arrivals from Ukraine by 4th February 2024.

Broken down by area; the figures reveal the Drogheda Urban area has 868 Ukrainians living locally while Dundalk-Carlingford has 708; Dundalk South has 511; Ardee has 235 while Drogheda Rural has 156.

The figures mark an increase in numbers in  four out of five areas in Louth compared to October last year, with the numbers in Ardee remaining the same.

 Those figures, (for October 2023) were:  Drogheda Urban area had 822 Ukrainians living locally while Dundalk-Carlingford had 573; Dundalk South had 459; Ardee had 235 while Drogheda Rural had 147.

Additionally the CSO report showed that there were 483 hosts currently in receipt of Accommodation Recognition Payment and arrivals from Ukraine living in accommodation provided by these hosts.

The figures also reveal that there are currently 252 Ukrainian children enrolled in primary schools in Louth, an increase of 3; while there are 200 enrolled in secondary schools in the county, again an increase of 3. 

Commenting on the release, Dylan Morrissey, Statistician, said: 

"There are two maps in this release based on mapping 100,091 individuals, or 95% of arrivals, to a location within Ireland. 

“These maps are based on the local post office address as per the process through which arrivals were seeking assistance from the Department of Social Protection or, if available, the arrivals' residential address where an Accommodation Recognition Payment is payable to the host of the residence. 

“The first map is a count of arrivals by Local Electoral Area (LEA), and the second is the rate of arrivals by LEA (per 100 of the Census 2022 de facto population). Kenmare in Co. Kerry had the highest number of associated arrivals from Ukraine at 2,846.

“Our analysis also shows that the rate per 100 of the population ranges across all LEAs in the country from 0.22% to 12.47%. The LEA with the highest rate was Ennistimon in Co. Clare."