First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Ireland's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 15.0% compared to 2020, reaching 34,935.

Ireland accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

Ireland ranks 14th 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 15.4% (from 41,279 in 2016).

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