First residence permits — family

In 2016, Ireland's first residence permits increased by 19.0% compared to 2015, reaching 4,100.

Ireland accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 689,513.

Ireland ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 105.6% (from 1,994 in 2011).

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