First residence permits — family

In 2017, Ireland's first residence permits decreased by 25.4% compared to 2016, reaching 3,058.

Ireland accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 736,199.

Ireland ranks 20th 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 61.5% (from 1,894 in 2012).

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