Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 12 June 2018

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

European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

2:30 pm

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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May I move on to the MFF? In the context of the Irish contribution and the implications of the proposals made by the European Commission, could the Minister give us his sense of where he sees the Irish contribution going? He pointed out that the figure set out in the SPU is forecast to be approximately €2.7 billion in 2018, moving to €2.9 billion next year. Does the Minister have an estimate of where Ireland's contribution is moving to? I know it will be based on certain assumptions but, after 2020, in the MFF-----