First residence permits — family

In 2022, Ireland's first residence permits increased by 53.2% compared to 2021, reaching 3,997.

Ireland accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 926,921.

Ireland ranks 23rd 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 30.7% (from 3,058 in 2017).

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