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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 October 2019

Tuesday, 22 October 2019

Ceisteanna (93)

Noel Grealish

Ceist:

93. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Taoiseach the amount sent out of Ireland in personal remittances in each of the past ten years; and the countries to which they were sent each year. [42801/19]

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The Central Statistics Office (CSO) estimates worker remittances paid from Ireland as a small component of the current account of the balance of payments. Remittance information is difficult to compile for National Statistics Offices and is usually based on administrative sources and modelling rather than direct collection. The current CSO data are estimated using Revenue data. Pay of non-national workers is used to estimate disposable income and to derive a remittance amount. Data on remittances are published by Eurostat for all member states. The outflows from Ireland are presented in the following table for years 2009-2017.

The CSO is currently investigating new approaches to deriving remittance information.

Personal remittances payments € millions

Country

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Brazil

8

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

Bulgaria

7

7

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

China

15

16

16

16

14

14

14

14

15

Czechia

28

24

21

19

17

17

17

17

17

Estonia

11

10

9

8

7

7

7

7

7

Hungary

39

36

32

29

28

28

28

28

28

India

40

44

44

44

42

42

42

42

43

Latvia

63

63

57

51

50

50

50

50

50

Lithuania

120

117

105

94

92

92

92

92

92

Malaysia

4

5

5

5

4

4

4

4

4

Mexico

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Nigeria

16

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

Philippines

30

33

33

33

32

32

32

32

32

Poland

513

452

407

367

339

339

339

339

342

Romania

50

46

41

37

39

39

39

39

40

Slovakia

60

52

46

42

37

37

37

37

37

Turkey

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Thailand

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

of which

EU28

890

806

725

653

615

615

615

615

621

Extra-

EU28

150

168

168

168

162

160

160

160

163

Asia

94

105

105

101

97

97

97

97

97

Africa

24

27

27

27

26

26

26

26

27

America

9

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

Total

1040

973

893

820

777

777

777

777

784

Source: CSO

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