First residence permits — work

In 2024, Ireland's first residence permits decreased by 20.2% compared to 2023, reaching 19,078.

Ireland accounts for 1.7% of the EU-27 total of 1,115,986.

Ireland ranks 14th 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 58.3% (from 12,049 in 2019).

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