Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 February 2012
142 Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the total payments made by the State to the EEC-EU broken down on a year-by-year basis since we joined the Union in 1973; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7624/12]
View answer143 Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the total payments received by the State from the EEC-EU broken down year-by-year since Ireland joined the Union in 1973; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7625/12]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 143 together.
In relation to payments made by the State to the European Union and total payments received by the State from the European Union since 1973, these details are at Table 10 of the document "Budgetary and Economic Statistics" published by my Department in September 2011. The document can be obtained from the following website address:
http://www.finance.gov.ie/documents/guidelines/bessept2011.pdf
A copy of the Table 10 is set out for your convenience.
The Deputy should note that it has not been the practice to include research receipts paid directly to private entities in this table as these are collated in a different manner; however the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation have supplied the following figures, for awards to Irish participants in projects funded under the European Framework Programmes for Research and Development:
|
€ Million |
|
|
FP 1 (1984-1986) |
N/A |
|
FP 2 (1987-1991) |
€44 |
|
FP 3 (1990-1994) |
€88 |
|
FP 4 (1995-1998) |
€191 |
|
FP 5 (1999-2002) |
€148 |
|
FP 6 (2003-2006) |
€188 |
|
FP 7 (2007-2013) |
€362 (to Nov 2011) |
|
Year |
Receipts from EU Budget€m |
Payments To EU Budget€m |
Net Receipts€m |
% of GDP |
|
1973 |
47.1 |
5.7 |
41.4 |
1.1% |
|
1974 |
85.6 |
7.0 |
78.6 |
1.9% |
|
1975 |
138.5 |
12.4 |
126.1 |
2.4% |
|
1976 |
151.7 |
17.0 |
134.7 |
2.1% |
|
1977 |
346.5 |
28.1 |
318.5 |
4.1% |
|
1978 |
520.9 |
58.5 |
462.3 |
5.0% |
|
1979 |
671.8 |
77.0 |
594.9 |
5.4% |
|
1980 |
711.8 |
112.9 |
598.9 |
4.6% |
|
1981 |
643.5 |
133.8 |
509.7 |
3.2% |
|
1982 |
764.5 |
173.6 |
590.9 |
3.2% |
|
1983 |
924.0 |
234.5 |
689.5 |
3.4% |
|
1984 |
1,100.5 |
257.1 |
843.4 |
3.7% |
|
1985 |
1,433.2 |
270.8 |
1,162.3 |
4.7% |
|
1986 |
1,455.9 |
305.1 |
1,150.8 |
4.4% |
|
1987 |
1,397.1 |
324.0 |
1,073.1 |
3.8% |
|
1988 |
1,474.9 |
314.6 |
1,160.3 |
3.9% |
|
1989 |
1,644.7 |
362.6 |
1,282.1 |
3.8% |
|
1990 |
2,210.6 |
359.2 |
1,851.4 |
5.1% |
|
1991 |
2,794.9 |
442.1 |
2,352.8 |
6.2% |
|
1992 |
2,531.9 |
448.7 |
2,083.1 |
5.2% |
|
1993 |
2,849.8 |
575.8 |
2,274.0 |
5.3% |
|
1994 |
2,338.0 |
641.9 |
1,696.1 |
3.7% |
|
1995 |
2,566.5 |
689.2 |
1,877.3 |
3.6% |
|
(Revised GDP) |
3.5% |
|||
|
1996 |
2,820.4 |
687.1 |
2,133.3 |
3.6% |
|
1997 |
3,190.0 |
652.0 |
2,537.9 |
3.7% |
|
1998 |
3,015.1 |
989.4 |
2,025.7 |
2.6% |
|
1999 |
2,678.9 |
1,051.0 |
1,627.9 |
1.8% |
|
2000 |
2,607.2 |
1,075.0 |
1,532.2 |
1.5% |
|
2001 |
2,417.6 |
1,220.0 |
1,197.6 |
1.0% |
|
2002 |
2,519.6 |
1,011.2 |
1,508.3 |
1.2% |
|
2003 |
2,581.1 |
1,190.4 |
1,390.7 |
1.0% |
|
2004 |
2,610.8 |
1,185.5 |
1,425.3 |
1.0% |
|
2005 |
2,379.1 |
1,496.9 |
882.2 |
0.5% |
|
2006 |
2,201.6 |
1,529.7 |
671.9 |
0.4% |
|
2007 |
2,085.3 |
1,570.0 |
515.3 |
0.3% |
|
2008 |
2,064.5 |
1,586.7 |
477.8 |
0.3% |
|
2009 |
1,810.4 |
1,486.3 |
324.1 |
0.2% |
|
2010 (e) |
1,882.2 |
1,352.4 |
529.8 |
0.3% |
|
65,667.6 |
23,935.4 |
41,732.2 |
2.9% |
Notes:
National annual figures may differ in some instances to European Commission published figures. This is due to a number of factors including different accounting periods and practices.
2010 figures are estimates. Rounding may affect totals.
Sources: Department of Finance and Paying Authorities.
