Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 December 2025
174. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount returned to the exchequer by company and amount, by way of dividend by commercial semi-state companies in 2024 and to date in 2025. [67764/25]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, Exchequer data is published annually as part of the Finance Accounts, as well as on a monthly basis in the Fiscal Monitors.
The 2024 Finance Accounts were published in September and are available online at the following link:
https://assets.gov.ie/static/documents/94980eba/Finance_Accounts_2024.pdf .
For 2024, outturn data in respect of share dividends paid directly into the Exchequer is available on page 16 of the 2024 Finance Accounts.
In terms of the share dividends paid directly into the Exchequer to date in 2025, this is published every month by my Department as part of the Fiscal Monitor.
The latest of these publications (October 2025) is available online from the following link:
www.gov.ie/en/department-of-finance/collections/latest-fiscal-monitors/
For the Deputy's convenience, the data requested is set out in the tables below:
Share Dividends paid directly into the Exchequer in 2024 (and to date in 2025)
|
Company |
2024 – as per the Finance A/C’s (€m) |
|
ESB |
213.5 |
|
Bord na Mona |
13.3 |
|
Ervia |
44.0 |
|
Coillte |
4.4 |
|
Eirgrid |
4.0 |
|
Dublin Port Company |
6.0 |
|
Air Nav |
4.5 |
|
Irish Aviation Authority |
- |
|
Port of Cork |
0.6 |
|
Shannon Foynes Port |
- |
|
Company |
2025 to date – as per the Fiscal Monitor (€m) |
|
Other Dividends |
0.611 |
|
ESB |
- |
|
Bord na Mona |
23.176 |
|
Dublin Port Company |
6.0 |
|
Coillte |
1.5 |
|
Eirgrid |
54.0 |
|
Ervia |
- |
|
Gas Networks Ireland |
62.075 |
|
Shannon Foynes |
0.435 |
|
Port of Waterford |
0.146 |
Outturn data to end-November this year will be published as part of the November Fiscal Monitor on Wednesday, 3rd December.
