First residence permits — other

In 2018, Ireland's first residence permits decreased by 4.7% compared to 2017, reaching 7,485.

Ireland accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 595,547.

Ireland ranks 11th 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 40.5% (from 5,326 in 2013).

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