Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources

3:15 pm

Photo of Rose Conway WalshRose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein)
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Is the Commissioner aware that the distorted nature of the economic statistics, namely, the use of GNI, means that Ireland is in effect overpaying its share? The revision of the GDP and therefore the GNI figures last year cost Ireland €280 million extra in contributions. Has this issue ever been raised by the Irish Government?