First residence permits — work

In 2021, Ireland's first residence permits increased by 12.3% compared to 2020, reaching 8,009.

Ireland accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 1,362,306.

Ireland ranks 20th 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 2.1% (from 7,842 in 2016).

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