First residence permits issued (total)

In 2018, Ireland's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 4.3% compared to 2017, reaching 49,939.

Ireland accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,791,528.

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 52.3% (from 32,780 in 2013).

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