Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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431. To ask the Minister for Finance the volume of commercial trade that took place in shares here in 2020. [41170/21]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Central Bank that, based on data reported to it by regulated entities, in 2020 there were approximately 52 million equity transactions by Irish and non-Irish firms on Irish venues (to include equity transactions that took place on bilateral systems operated by investment firms known as systematic internalisers), representing a total quantity of approximately 55 billion shares traded.

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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432. To ask the Minister for Finance the volume of commercial trade that took place in derivatives here in 2020. [41171/21]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Central Bank that there is no available data on the volume of derivative contracts that were entered into or traded by Irish counterparties (financial and non-financial) in 2020.