First residence permits — education

In 2014, Ireland's first residence permits increased by 10.9% compared to 2013, reaching 23,730.

Ireland accounts for 7.9% of the EU-27 total of 299,865.

Ireland ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 93.5% (from 12,263 in 2009).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.