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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 April 2022

Tuesday, 5 April 2022

Ceisteanna (236)

Peadar Tóibín

Ceist:

236. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the gross and net contribution respectively of Ireland to the European Union per annum for 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [17508/22]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Finance

Ireland’s gross contributions to the EU Budget in 2020 and 2021 were as follows:

2020	€2.569bn
2021	€3.507bn

Data on Ireland’s EU Budget receipts for the previous year are published annually, in my Department’s Budgetary Statistics each autumn. In 2020, Ireland received €2.080 billion in EU receipts (including Horizon 2020 receipts), which makes Ireland’s net contribution to the EU Budget in 2020 €489 million.

EU Budget receipt data for 2021 will be published in autumn 2022. Therefore, it is not yet possible to confirm Ireland’s net contribution to the EU Budget for 2021.