Living costs potential deterrent to non-EU investors

High living costs and a lack of accommodation coupled with limited awareness of immigration schemes may be preventing high value investors and entrepreneurs from outside the EU coming to Ireland.

A new report from the ESRI found improvements have been made in extending access to non-EU immigrant investors but that some barriers still exist.

“While older schemes focussed on preventing misuse of business migration channels, the Department of Justice and Equality noted that this has not been a major problem in Ireland.