Annual Accounts 2015

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Financial Highlights 2015

The Department's annual budget operates under two headings that are allocated to us by Dáil Eireann:

Vote 27 - International Cooperation:

This covers Official Development Assistance as managed by the Department through the Irish Aid programme. It includes grants to NGOs and civil society partners, contributions to International organisations involved in Development Assistance, as well as the related running costs of Irish Aid.

Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade:

This covers all other expenditure by the Department, including Ireland's contributions to International Organisations (in particular the UN), as well as the running of Passport Service, the Emigrant Support Programme and out work in support of peace and reconciliation on the island of Ireland.

Our annual budget reflects our commitment to serve the Irish people, promote their values and advance their prosperity abroad, and to provide the Government with the capabilities, analysis and influence to ensure that Ireland derives the maximum benefit from all areas of its external engagement.

In 2015 we spent €683.9 million across the five Programme areas identified in our Strategy Statement for 2015-2017. This expenditure is analysed further in Table 1.

Table 1: Summary Expenditure and Income for Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

	2015 € Million	2014 € Million
Programme A: Promote Ireland's economic and trade interests in Europe and Internationally	47.8M	45.9M
Programme B: Consular, Passport and Irish abroad services	71.3M	69.7M
Programme C: Reconciliation and cooperation on this island	22.4M	22.1M
Programme D: International peace, security and human rights	67.4M	63.6M
Programme E: Work on poverty and hunger reduction - Irish Aid	475.0M	475.7M
Total Gross Expenditure	683.9M	677.0

Income Generated	(53.0M)	(49.3M)

Net expenditure	630.9M	627.7M

Programme A: Promote Ireland's economic and trade interests in Europe and internationally

	2015 € Million	2014 € Million
Administration - pay	22.5M	22.0M
Administration - non pay	21.2M	20.1M
Information Services	0.3M	0.3M
Cultural relations with other countries	0.8M	0.8M
Trade promotion funds	0.3M	0.3M
Contributions to National and International organisations	2.7M	2.4M
Total Expenditure on Programme A	47.8M	45.9M

Programme B: Consular, passport and Irish aboard services

	2015 € Million	2014 € Million
Administration - pay	31.2M	30.4M
Administration - non pay	28.2M	27.2M
Support for Irish emigrant services	11.9M	12.1M
Total Expenditure on Programme B	71.9M	69.7M

Programme C: Reconciliation and cooperation on this island

	2015 € Million	2014 € Million
Administration - pay	7.7M	7.5M
Administration - non pay	6.7M	6.5M
North-South and Anglo-Irish co-operation	5.3M	2.9M
International Fund for Ireland	2.7M	5.2M
Total Expenditure on Programme C	22.4M	22.1M

Programme D: International peace, security and human rights

	2015 € Million	2014 € Million
Administration - pay	15.9M	15.4M
Administration - non pay	12.3M	11.9M
Contributions to international organisations	38.8M	35.9M
Actions consequent on Title V of the Treaty on European Union	0.4M	0.4M
Total Expenditure on Programme D	67.4M	63.6M

Programme E: Work on poverty and hunger reduction - Irish Aid

	2015 € Million	2014 € Million
Administration - pay	14.6M	13.7M
Administration - non pay	12.1M	11.1M
Payment to grant fund for bilateral and other co-operation	315.9M	326.0M
Emergency humanitarian assistance	58.5M	57.5M
Payments to international funds for the benefit of developing countries	37.5M	28.5M
Contributions to United Nations and other development agencies	36.4M	38.9M
Total Expenditure on Programme E	475.0M	475.7M

Income Generated

The majority of income generated by the Department relates to the issuing of Irish Passports.

	2015 € Million	2014 € Million
Passport, visa and other consular services	47.3M	44.0M
Receipts from pension-related deduction on public service renumeration	3.7M	3.8M
Miscellaneous	2.0M	1.5M
Total Income Generated	53.0M	49.3M