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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 25 Feb 1999

Vol. 501 No. 2

Written Answers. - EU Funding.

Ivor Callely

Ceist:

259 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Finance the amount of EU moneys Ireland has received since joining the EEC; the level of funds drawn down from the last three rounds of Structural Funds; the likely level of EU funds Ireland may receive in the future from the enlarged Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5516/99]

From 1973 to 1998, inclusive, Ireland has received a net amount of IR£23,344.4 million from the EU. The details are set out in Table A which follows.

The second part of the Deputy's question is presumed to refer to the 1994-1999 Community Support Framework, the 1989-1993 Community Support Framework and pre-1989 receipts, no "rounds", as such, existed prior to 1989. The details are set out in Table B which follows. It should be noted that since 1993, Ireland has also received IR£722.59 million from the Cohesion Fund.

As regards the likely level of EU funds Ireland may receive in the future from the enlarged European Union, the Deputy will be aware that the Agenda 2000 negotiations relating to the overall financing and expenditure of the EU in the coming round, 2000-06, are yet to be decided in the negotiations currently under way, and are due to be settled by the end of March next. I do not wish to anticipate the outcome of these negotiations at this point. The incorporation of new member states in an enlarged Union is not due to commence at least until some years after 2000 and it is too soon to judge the effect of such enlargement on Ireland's level of receipts beyond that point.

Table A

Summary Table showing Ireland's net EU Receipts

Year

ReceiptsfromEU Budget

Paymentsto EUBudget

Net EUReceipts

IR£m

IR£m

IR£m

1973

37.1

4.5

32.6

1974

67.4

5.5

61.9

1975

109.1

9.8

99.3

1976

119.5

13.4

106.1

1977

272.9

22.1

250.8

1978

410.2

46.1

364.1

1979

529.1

60.6

468.5

1980

560.6

88.9

471.7

1981

506.8

105.4

401.4

1982

602.1

136.7

465.4

1983

727.7

184.7

543.0

1984

866.7

202.5

664.2

1985

1,128.7

213.3

915.4

1986

1,146.6

240.3

906.3

1987

1,100.3

255.2

845.1

1988

1,161.6

247.8

913.8

1989

1,295.3

285.6

1,009.7

1990

1,741.0

282.9

1,458.1

1991

2,201.2

348.2

1,853.0

1992

1,994.0

353.4

1,640.6

1993

2,245.3

453.5

1,791.8

1994

1,841.4

505.5

1,335.9

1995

2,023.2

542.8

1,480.4

1996

2,219.5

541.1

1,678.4

1997

2,504.4

513.5

1,990.9

1998

2,375.2

779.2

1,596.0

1973-1998

29,786.9

6,442.5

23,344.4

Table B

Pre-1989Receipts

C.S.F.1989-93

C.S.F.1994-99

IR£m

IR£m

IR£m

ERDF

894.24

1,552.09

1,526.80

FIFG

0.00

0.00

26.69

ESF

999.70

1,226.70

1,370.30

FEOGA

521.26

696.23

667.52

(Guidance)

Cohesion

0.00

41.60

583.00

Fund

Total

2,415.20

3,516.62

4,174.31

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