First residence permits — other

In 2016, Ireland's first residence permits increased by 15.7% compared to 2015, reaching 7,916.

Ireland accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 738,886.

Ireland ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 96.9% (from 4,020 in 2011).

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