Written answers
Wednesday, 9 July 2008
Department of Finance
EU Funding
11:00 pm
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the net receipts by Ireland on an annual basis from 1973 to 2007 of all EU transfers under the Agricultural, Social, Regional and Cohesion Funds in constant money terms at 2007 prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27982/08]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The value of Ireland's net receipts from EU transfers over the period 1973 to 2007 totals €69.242 billion in 2007 prices. Table 1 provides an annual overall breakdown between EU receipts and payments in 2007 prices. Table 2 provides information for Ireland's net annual receipts (in 2007 prices) under the different funds. Ireland has been a net recipient from the EU receipts mainly because of substantial funding for agriculture.
| Table 1: Ireland's Net EU Receipts from 1973 to 2007 (2007 prices) | |||
| EU Receipts | EU Payments | Net Receipts | |
| 1973 | 449.0 | 54.4 | 394.6 |
| 1974 | 697.3 | 56.9 | 640.4 |
| 1975 | 933.9 | 83.9 | 850.0 |
| 1976 | 866.8 | 97.2 | 769.6 |
| 1977 | 1,742.0 | 141.1 | 1,600.9 |
| 1978 | 2,432.9 | 273.4 | 2,159.5 |
| 1979 | 2,771.5 | 317.5 | 2,454.1 |
| 1980 | 2,483.9 | 393.9 | 2,090.0 |
| 1981 | 1,864.7 | 387.8 | 1,476.9 |
| 1982 | 1,891.6 | 429.5 | 1,462.1 |
| 1983 | 2,069.3 | 525.2 | 1,544.1 |
| 1984 | 2,269.7 | 530.3 | 1,739.4 |
| 1985 | 2,803.3 | 529.8 | 2,273.5 |
| 1986 | 2,743.2 | 574.9 | 2,168.3 |
| 1987 | 2,552.2 | 591.9 | 1,960.2 |
| 1988 | 2,638.0 | 562.8 | 2,075.3 |
| 1989 | 2,826.3 | 623.2 | 2,203.1 |
| 1990 | 3,676.6 | 597.4 | 3,079.2 |
| 1991 | 4,504.6 | 712.6 | 3,792.0 |
| 1992 | 3,956.8 | 701.3 | 3,255.5 |
| 1993 | 4,392.1 | 887.5 | 3,504.6 |
| 1994 | 3,520.9 | 966.6 | 2,554.3 |
| 1995 | 3,769.9 | 1,012.4 | 2,757.5 |
| 1996 | 4,073.7 | 992.4 | 3,081.3 |
| 1997 | 4,541.8 | 928.3 | 3,613.5 |
| 1998 | 4,191.5 | 1,375.4 | 2,816.1 |
| 1999 | 3,663.9 | 1,437.4 | 2,226.5 |
| 2000 | 3,370.9 | 1,392.7 | 1,978.3 |
| 2001 | 3,074.8 | 1,507.2 | 1,567.5 |
| 2002 | 2,961.4 | 1,193.9 | 1,767.5 |
| 2003 | 2,938.7 | 1,358.1 | 1,580.6 |
| 2004 | 2,904.9 | 1,323.5 | 1,581.4 |
| 2005 | 2,596.9 | 1,631.5 | 965.4 |
| 2006 | 2,307.7 | 1,604.1 | 703.6 |
| 2007 | 2,239.1 | 1,684.0 | 555.1 |
| Total | 96,721.7 | 27,479.7 | 69,242.1 |
| Table 2: Ireland's EU Net Receipts from 1973 to 2007 (2007 prices) | |||||||
| FEOGA Guarantee | FEOGA Guidance | ESF | ERDF | Cohesion Fund | Other | Total | |
| 1973 | 394.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 394.6 |
| 1974 | 606.2 | 0.0 | 34.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 640.4 |
| 1975 | 796.3 | 4.7 | 31.2 | 14.1 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 850.0 |
| 1976 | 656.9 | 16.7 | 29.6 | 54.7 | 0.0 | 11.6 | 769.6 |
| 1977 | 1,437.8 | 43.4 | 48.1 | 49.9 | 0.0 | 21.7 | 1,600.9 |
| 1978 | 1,924.7 | 51.1 | 101.6 | 58.4 | 0.0 | 23.7 | 2,159.6 |
| 1979 | 1,839.1 | 85.8 | 133.6 | 118.3 | 0.0 | 277.4 | 2,454.1 |
| 1980 | 1,420.8 | 118.6 | 174.1 | 173.0 | 0.0 | 203.5 | 2,090.0 |
| 1981 | 887.7 | 122.1 | 132.0 | 159.1 | 0.0 | 176.0 | 1,476.9 |
| 1982 | 836.1 | 144.7 | 177.7 | 160.5 | 0.0 | 143.0 | 1,462.1 |
| 1983 | 937.2 | 135.2 | 196.7 | 123.5 | 0.0 | 151.5 | 1,544.0 |
| 1984 | 1,293.6 | 98.9 | 169.2 | 130.9 | 0.0 | 46.8 | 1,739.4 |
| 1985 | 1,685.2 | 112.4 | 284.6 | 153.1 | 0.0 | 38.3 | 2,273.5 |
| 1986 | 1,671.7 | 88.1 | 240.9 | 145.8 | 0.0 | 21.8 | 2,168.3 |
| 1987 | 1,317.6 | 121.0 | 344.7 | 155.7 | 0.0 | 21.2 | 1,960.2 |
| 1988 | 1,498.0 | 115.1 | 226.5 | 231.5 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 2,075.3 |
| 1989 | 1,638.6 | 130.5 | 235.7 | 192.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 2,203.1 |
| 1990 | 2,275.7 | 166.1 | 227.3 | 398.1 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 3,079.2 |
| 1991 | 2,298.8 | 246.9 | 638.6 | 589.0 | 0.0 | 18.8 | 3,792.0 |
| 1992 | 1,818.1 | 240.7 | 452.7 | 725.9 | 0.0 | 18.1 | 3,255.5 |
| 1993 | 2,001.5 | 196.6 | 486.6 | 725.2 | 63.6 | 31.2 | 3,504.6 |
| 1994 | 1,628.2 | 181.6 | 384.4 | 243.6 | 94.6 | 21.9 | 2,554.3 |
| 1995 | 1,569.2 | 195.0 | 349.5 | 488.5 | 136.6 | 18.8 | 2,757.5 |
| 1996 | 1,892.9 | 208.9 | 350.8 | 412.1 | 192.7 | 23.9 | 3,081.3 |
| 1997 | 2,185.9 | 238.6 | 389.8 | 512.3 | 245.4 | 41.4 | 3,613.5 |
| 1998 | 1,511.8 | 220.1 | 371.3 | 557.4 | 133.2 | 22.3 | 2,816.1 |
| 1999 | 1,432.1 | 88.3 | 220.7 | 220.2 | 241.0 | 24.2 | 2,226.5 |
| 2000 | 1,278.4 | 26.4 | 167.7 | 390.1 | 115.7 | 0.0 | 1,978.3 |
| 2001 | 997.8 | 13.0 | 85.0 | 226.4 | 187.1 | 58.1 | 1,567.5 |
| 2002 | 1,204.5 | 8.0 | 75.8 | 313.1 | 145.2 | 21.1 | 1,767.5 |
| 2003 | 1,193.6 | 10.2 | 68.4 | 180.7 | 105.9 | 21.8 | 1,580.6 |
| 2004 | 1,112.0 | 37.6 | 126.6 | 267.2 | 15.7 | 22.2 | 1,581.4 |
| 2005 | 731.7 | 13.4 | 85.6 | 103.6 | 6.3 | 24.8 | 965.4 |
| 2006 | 551.0 | 13.2 | 51.5 | 61.5 | 12.6 | 13.9 | 703.6 |
| 2007 | 447.0 | 11.1 | 40.6 | 32.0 | 13.3 | 11.2 | 555.1 |
| Total | 46,972.3 | 3,503.8 | 7,133.3 | 8,367.4 | 1,708.9 | 1,556.4 | 69,242.1 |
FEOGA Guarantee relates to Direct Payments, Market Supports and Production Aid and Rural Development. FEOGA Guidance relates to Structural Fund aid for rural development which contribute to the structural reform of the agricultural sector and to the development of rural areas, e.g., LEADER and INTERREG programmes. ESF (European Social Fund) relates to supports for employment opportunities focusing on the mobility of workers and their adaptation to industrial changes. ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) relates to infrastructure, productive investment and regional and local development. Cohesion Fund relates to measures aimed at strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion by reducing disparities in the level of development among regions and Member States. Other relates to Education-related programmes, Maritime surveillance and fisheries protection, FIFG (Financial Instruments for Fisheries Guidance), the EEA (European Economic Area) and TENS (Trans-European Networks).
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