Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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236. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross and net contribution respectively of Ireland to the European Union per annum for 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [17508/22]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Ireland’s gross contributions to the EU Budget in 2020 and 2021 were as follows:

Data on Ireland’s EU Budget receipts for the previous year are published annually, in my Department’s Budgetary Statistics each autumn. In 2020, Ireland received €2.080 billion in EU receipts (including Horizon 2020 receipts), which makes Ireland’s net contribution to the EU Budget in 2020 €489 million.

EU Budget receipt data for 2021 will be published in autumn 2022. Therefore, it is not yet possible to confirm Ireland’s net contribution to the EU Budget for 2021.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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237. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected gross and net contribution of Ireland to the European Union by year from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [17509/22]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Ireland’s gross contributions to the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) are expected to rise over the coming period. Ireland’s gross contributions to the EU Budget from 2022 to 2025 are forecasted to be as follows:

These forecasts were published as part of Budget 2022, and are due to be updated in the coming weeks as part of the Stability Programme Update.

Data on Ireland’s EU Budget receipts are published annually, for the previous year, in my Department’s Budgetary Statistics each autumn – i.e. 2021 receipt data will be published in autumn 2022. Therefore, it is not yet possible to confirm Ireland’s net contribution to the EU Budget for the remainder of the 2021-2027 MFF. However, my Department estimates that our receipts from the 2021-2027 MFF will be in the region of approximately €2 billion each year.