IE · 2015 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Ireland, 2015
In 2015, Ireland's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 4.6% compared to 2014, reaching 38,433.
Ireland accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 1,992,551.
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 72.8% (from 22,235 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.