Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 November 2016
127. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on Ireland's EU financial contribution from 2010 to 2016 and the reverse annual amount of EU funding for Irish projects over those years; when and the amount by which Ireland became a net contributor to the EU budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33771/16]
View answerAs outlined in the following table, Ireland became a net contributor to the EU budget in 2014. EU Budget payments and public sector receipt data are published annually by the Department of Finance in the Budget Statistics bulletin. The public sector receipt measure captures funds under 'shared management' between national and EU authorities. In addition, the EU also pays some additional receipts directly to private beneficiaries under 'centralised direct management', most notably under the EU research funding programme.
For ease of reference, Ireland's receipts from and contributions to the EU Budget for the years 2010 to 2015 are set out in the following table.
|
YEAR |
Public Sector Receipts €m |
Direct Management Receipts* €m |
Total receipts |
Payments to EU Budget €m |
Net Receipts €m |
|
2010 |
1885.3 |
80.4 |
1965.7 |
1352.4 |
613.3 |
|
2011 |
1950.2 |
80.2 |
2030.4 |
1349.7 |
680.7 |
|
2012 |
1837.7 |
108.8 |
1946.5 |
1393.2 |
553.3 |
|
2013 |
1672.9 |
113.0 |
1785.9 |
1726.2 |
59.7 |
|
2014 |
1419.7 |
83.9 |
1503.6 |
1685.5 |
-181.9 |
|
2015 |
1770.9 (p) |
147.7 |
1918.6 (p) |
1952.1 |
-33.5 (p) |
Source: Department of Finance
(p) provisional
* - Direct Management - funds which are awarded and spent directly by the Commission. These are primarily research receipts.
For 2016 my Department currently forecasts that our contribution to the EU budget will be €2,145m. In relation to receipts for 2016, we will only have a final outturn in the middle of next year when the European Commission publishes its financial report for 2016.
