First residence permits — family

In 2023, Ireland's first residence permits increased by 11.6% compared to 2022, reaching 4,461.

Ireland accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 1,016,363.

Ireland ranks 21st 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 60.4% (from 2,781 in 2018).

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