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EU Budget Contribution

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 July 2020

Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Questions (228)

Michael Fitzmaurice

Question:

228. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance the net contribution of Ireland to the EU budget in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18373/20]

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Written answers

As the Deputy will be aware, Ireland became a net contributor to the EU Budget in 2014, and since then, this position has grown further. However, at this point in time information on Ireland’s actual net contribution to the EU Budget in 2019 and 2020 is not available.

Ireland’s gross contribution to the EU Budget in 2019 was €2.4 billion. Ireland’s gross contribution to the EU Budget for 2020 is estimated to be €2.7 billion.

Over the coming weeks, my Department will be liaising with all Government Departments in seeking data on EU Budget receipts for 2019, which will be subsequently published in the Budgetary Statistics 2020 report in Autumn 2020. It will be only then that my Department will be in a position to give Ireland’s actual net contribution to the EU Budget in 2019. Receipt data for 2020 will be available in Autumn 2021.

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