IE · 2022 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Ireland, 2022
In 2022, Ireland's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 145.6% compared to 2021, reaching 85,793.
Ireland accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 3,564,926.
Ireland ranks 8th 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 79.1% (from 47,901 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.