First residence permits — work

In 2018, Ireland's first residence permits increased by 0.9% compared to 2017, reaching 9,480.

Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 984,031.

Ireland ranks 18th 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 135.9% (from 4,018 in 2013).

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