First residence permits — other

In 2019, Ireland's first residence permits increased by 17.9% compared to 2018, reaching 8,823.

Ireland accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 569,250.

Ireland ranks 12th 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 65.4% (from 5,333 in 2014).

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