Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 April 2026
264. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number and value of prize bonds issued in each year from 2019 to date in 2026; and if he will provide a schedule of the value of prizes issued over that same timeframe. [31754/26]
View answerThe National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has informed me that table 1 below shows the number and value of Prize Bonds certificates issued for each year 2019-2026 (to end March).
|
Year |
€ Value |
Volume |
|
2019 |
€538,342,875.00 |
222,398 |
|
2020 |
€730,673,568.75 |
337,656 |
|
2021 |
€667,717,575.00 |
310,757 |
|
2022 |
€614,608,975.00 |
293,011 |
|
2023 |
€489,132,093.75 |
317,271 |
|
2024 |
€350,897,725.00 |
391,385 |
|
2025 |
€364,647,062.50 |
389,633 |
|
March-2026 |
€90,809,093.75 |
99,049 |
The NTMA has also informed me that table 2 below shows the value and volume of prizes issued 2019 – 2026 (to end March).
|
Year |
Number of Prizes |
Value of Prizes |
|
2019 |
248,140 |
17,632,400 |
|
2020 |
280,333 |
19,242,050 |
|
2021 |
228,015 |
15,590,100 |
|
2022 |
237,659 |
16,008,350 |
|
2023 |
309,685 |
24,143,000 |
|
2024 |
475,102 |
45,631,850 |
|
2025 |
458,870 |
44,414,450 |
|
March-2026 |
113,800 |
11,034,800 |
The variable interest rate used to calculate the prize fund was 0.5% in 2019. This was reduced to 0.35% in 2021 and increased to 1.0% in 2023.
