First residence permits — family

In 2021, Ireland's first residence permits increased by 42.2% compared to 2020, reaching 2,609.

Ireland accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 816,287.

Ireland ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 36.4% (from 4,100 in 2016).

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