Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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Exactly. Like the other semi-States that I mentioned.

I have one or two more questions. Looking at page 11 of the finance accounts, will the witnesses tell me about what is not here in the Central Fund? In 2015, Ireland paid €1.952 billion to the EU. Under that there are receipts from the EU of €66 million, a fraction of that. We had it here with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and it slipped away from the Committee of Public Accounts because the money that we received from the EU in respect of agriculture does not come through the Department Vote or the Central Fund because it is audited by the European auditor. Essentially, it has not crossed our desk, except that we have asked for it in the last year. What is the net position of Ireland being a net contributor? Could we have a breakdown of the last few years?