Migration continues to grow in Ireland. 2024 was the third year with over 100,000 people coming in and Census 2022 reports that 420,465 people in the work force were non-Irish nationals. In terms of socio-economic groupings, nearly half were classified in non-manual, manual skilled, semi-skilled, or unskilled occupations, compared with 39 per cent of Irish nationals. This is a variance with noting the high educational qualifications of immigrants, indicating that many are employed below their skill level. There is a need to accelerate the appropriate recognition of qualifications gained in other countries so that migrants can work in their fields of expertise. This is coupled with the need to provide both decent work and infrastructure to support increasing numbers of immigrants who will need to be housed and whose healthcare and childcare needs must be accommodated.
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