First residence permits — work

In 2020, Ireland's first residence permits decreased by 40.8% compared to 2019, reaching 7,131.

Ireland accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 935,232.

Ireland ranks 19th 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 17.4% (from 6,073 in 2015).

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