First residence permits — family

In 2014, Ireland's first residence permits increased by 23.7% compared to 2013, reaching 2,526.

Ireland accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 584,934.

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 fallen by 3.1% (from 2,608 in 2009).

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