Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 November 2025
118. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total Irish receipts or projected receipts from the EU Multiannual Financial Framework in the years 2019 to 2027, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64049/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department collects data on Ireland’s EU Budget receipts, from relevant Government Departments, for the previous year on an annual basis for publication in the EU Transactions Reports and up until the year 2021 in the Department of Finance Budgetary Statistics. This operational data may be subject to revision and any updates which may be required are reflected in subsequent publication releases.
This table sets out Ireland’s EU budget receipts as reported by relevant Government Departments in this process, from 2019-2023, the latest year for which data is available. My Department is currently collecting the data on receipts for 2024, and this information will be published in the coming months. These figures include, but are not limited to, such programmes as the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund, the European Fund for Regional Development, and Erasmus+. They do not include funds directly managed by the European Commission; as such the figures do not provide the full picture of Ireland’s receipts from the EU budget.
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Table 1: Ireland’s EU budget receipts, 2019-2023
|
Year |
Receipts from EU Budget € billion |
|
2019 |
1.8 |
|
2020 |
1.9 |
|
2021 |
2.4 |
|
2022 |
2.0 |
|
2023 |
1.7 |
The European Commission also publishes data on Member States’ transactions with the EU, of which the most recently available data is 2024. These figures can differ from those collected by Government Departments, reflecting differences in accounting practices and time periods.
In relation to future years, my Department does not forecast the precise levels of EU budget receipts Ireland is expected to draw down in a given future year. These figures are contingent on a number of factors, such as the status and speed of project implementation, and when individual Departments submit payment requests to the European Commission.
