First residence permits — family

In 2024, Ireland's first residence permits decreased by 6.0% compared to 2023, reaching 4,194.

Ireland accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 950,422.

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 14.2% (from 3,671 in 2019).

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