Ireland will pay over €3,200 to the EU for every man, woman and child in the country over the next seven years, representing the personal burden of our net national contribution, the Dail heard yesterday. Ireland will be the fifth highest net contributor in the 27, with a cost to this country of €15.7 billion over the next several years to 2027. For being the good boy in class we don’t even get sweets.” Donegal Independent Thomas Pringle agreed, saying Ireland was too prepared to roll over. It would be more reasonable to make the calculation by per capita debt, with Ireland having a huge national overhang in this area. Former MEP turned Independent TD Marian Harkin said transition funds had been cut and she was hugely concerned at the 9 per cent cut to CAP.

Source: Irish Independent July 22, 2020 17:15 UTC