First residence permits — other

In 2014, Ireland's first residence permits increased by 0.1% compared to 2013, reaching 5,333.

Ireland accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 424,072.

Ireland ranks 16th 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 8.2% (from 5,811 in 2009).

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