First residence permits — work

In 2019, Ireland's first residence permits increased by 27.1% compared to 2018, reaching 12,049.

Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 1,202,233.

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 grown by 134.5% (from 5,139 in 2014).

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