Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry for being late. I was here earlier but I had to go as I had a question in the Dáil and had to stay there. My question may have been asked already, in which case I apologise.

On the EU budget and the €2 billion that we paid in 2016, is this the first year in which we contributed or was that also the case in 2014 and 2015? I know we were neutral prior to that and we were getting out more money than we had been putting in.