First residence permits — family

In 2018, Ireland's first residence permits decreased by 9.1% compared to 2017, reaching 2,781.

Ireland accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 814,233.

Ireland ranks 22nd 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 36.2% (from 2,042 in 2013).

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