Vol. 403 No. 1
76 Mr. Gregory asked the Taoiseach (1) the amount of profits repatriated each year since 1980, (2) the proportion of annual GNP represented by such repatriation and (3) the proportion of annual GDP represented by such repatriation.
The information requested is set out in the following tabular statement:
|
Profits and dividends repatriated abroad (Note 1) |
Profits etc. repatriated abroad as a percentage of G.N.P. |
Profits etc. repatriated abroad as a percentage of G.D.P. |
|
|
£million |
% |
% |
|
|
1980 |
258 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
|
1981 |
362 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
|
1982 |
499 |
4.0 |
3.7 |
|
1983 |
659 |
4.8 |
4.5 |
|
1984 |
983 |
6.7 |
6.0 |
|
1985 |
1321 |
8.4 |
7.5 |
|
1986 |
1320 |
7.9 |
7.0 |
|
1987 |
1307 |
7.2 |
6.5 |
|
1988 |
1908 |
10.1 |
8.9 |
|
1989 |
2337 |
11.2 |
9.8 |
