IE · 2023 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Ireland, 2023
In 2023, Ireland's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 3.3% compared to 2022, reaching 88,595.
Ireland accounts for 2.3% of the EU-27 total of 3,821,562.
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 77.4% (from 49,939 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.