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International Accounts Q1 2026

Balance of International Payments

Current account balance of €17.4bn in Quarter 1 2026

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CSO statistical release, 04 June 2026, 11am

Table 1.1 Balance of International Payments				€ million
	Merchandise Balance	Services and Income Balance	Current Account Balance	Current Account Balance as % of GDP
Q1 2025	74,219	-68,382	5,837	3.5
Q1 2026	30,602	-13,160	17,442	12.5

Q1-Q4 2024	175,553	-84,583	90,971	16.2
Q1-Q4 2025	230,282	-178,203	52,079	8.2

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Balance of Payments Current Account

The Balance of Payments current account, a measure of Ireland’s economic flows with the rest of the world, showed a surplus of €17.4bn in the first quarter of 2026, an increase of €12.6bn compared with the Q1 2026 surplus of €5.8bn due to decreases in merchandise exports being offset by lower outflows of investment income.

	Current Account
Q4 2023	-0.966335725857536
Q1 2024	13.4756457374933
Q2 2024	26.0444613739206
Q3 2024	13.7311396286923
Q4 2024	12.0023685891976
Q1 2025	3.49086051477469
Q2 2025	12.2461749409089
Q3 2025	8.75904593532295
Q4 2025	8.36366431040273
Q1 2026	12.4650237344041

	Merchandise	Services	Primary Income	Secondary Income	Balance on Current Account
Q4 2023	29.524	-5.964	-23.578	-1.227	-1.246
Q1 2024	39.06	14.876	-34.858	-1.167	17.912
Q2 2024	38.578	26.524	-28.731	-1.161	35.211
Q3 2024	42.911	11.427	-33.6	-1.041	19.696
Q4 2024	55.004	6.863	-42.496	-1.219	18.152
Q1 2025	74.219	-0.375	-66.959	-1.048	5.837
Q2 2025	58.431	12.44	-50.128	-1.249	19.494
Q3 2025	55.39766	6.14429	-46.38166	-1.21934	13.94096
Q4 2025	42.23457	8.09596	-36.44474	-1.07849	12.80731
Q1 2026	30.6024	9.92963	-21.52367	-1.56645	17.44191

Current account (see Table 1.3)

Merchandise exports were €77,050m in the first quarter of 2026, a decrease of €36,029m compared with the first quarter of 2025. Merchandise imports were €46,448m in first quarter of 2026, an increase of €7,588m over the same period in 2025.
Service exports at €126,791m increased by €11,528m compared to the first quarter of 2025, mainly due to increased computer services exports which increased by €9,299m.
Service imports at €116,861m were up €1,223m over the same period in 2025, mainly due to higher royalty imports which increased by €5,372m offset by business services imports which fell by €8,937m.
Ireland’s trade balance at €40,532m, all goods and services exports less all goods and services imports decreased by €33,312m in the first quarter of 2026 over the same period in 2025.
Investment income earned abroad at €78,201m, increased by €6,911m compared with one year earlier while investment income payable to foreign investors at €99,735m decreased by €38,559m. The overall income balance for the quarter at -€23,090m increased by €44,917m compared with the same period in 2025.

	Direct Investment	Portfolio Investment	Other Investment	Reserve Assets	Balance on Financial Account
Q4 2023	13.168	-8.961	1.241	0.107	5.555
Q1 2024	20.348	29.638	-39.238	-0.085	10.661
Q2 2024	47.519	-5.109	-1.509	0.007	40.907
Q3 2024	-16.847	23.753	10.03	-0.305	16.631
Q4 2024	11.109	14.697	-0.964	0.245	25.087
Q1 2025	-3.788	6.626	11.949	0.238	15.027
Q2 2025	38.802	42.133	-60.351	-0.291	20.292
Q3 2025	-19.13748	30.78753	-5.26889	0.10691	6.48806
Q4 2025	18.63611	-7.46037	-2.29905	-0.0545	8.82218000000002
Q1 2026	-4.48572	-44.50467	51.74049	0.01821	2.76831

Financial account (see Tables 1.4 and 1.5)

Direct investment in Ireland increased by €25,451m in the first quarter of 2026. This was due to increases in other capital investment of €27,548m and equity investment of €1,994m offset by reinvested earnings of -€4,091m.
Direct investment abroad increased by €20,965m in the quarter, due to increases in other capital investment of €11,048m and equity investment of €10,968m offset by reinvested earnings of -€1,051m.
Portfolio investment in foreign assets increased by €162,402m in the quarter due to increased investment in foreign equity and debt instruments (up €84,926m and €77,476m respectively). Portfolio investment in Ireland increased by €206,907m mainly due to an increase in equity investment of €200,156m as well as increased debt instruments of €6,752m.
Other investment assets grew by €146,106m while other investment liabilities also increased by €94,365m in the first quarter of 2026.

Table 1.2 Summary of Current, Capital and Financial Account Balances

Table 1.2 Summary of Current, Capital and Financial Account Balances														€ million
Period							Balance on Current Account	Balance on Capital Account	Direct Investment	Portfolio Investment	Other² Investment	Reserve Assets	Balance on Financial Account	Net errors and omissions
		Merchandise¹	Services and Income Balance
			Services	Primary Income	Secondary Income	Total
2012	Year	36,896	-6,282	-33,939	-2,609	-42,830	-5,934	86	-20,497	-767	10,952	-12	-10,324	-4,476
2013	Year	34,506	1,619	-28,808	-2,931	-30,120	4,387	-936	-18,310	49,796	-27,206	10	4,290	839
2014	Year	40,731	-2,590	-31,251	-2,750	-36,591	4,138	-6,769	-10,098	-27,787	30,749	136	-6,999	-4,368
2015	Year	113,394	-32,601	-60,742	-3,338	-96,681	16,712	-1,303	-42,677	-84,004	138,586	494	12,400	-3,009
2016	Year	106,165	-54,708	-51,077	-3,813	-109,598	-3,434	-4,331	14,202	34,625	-55,849	1,456	-5,566	2,199
2017	Year	108,244	-35,197	-66,415	-3,106	-104,718	3,528	-25,855	-62,273	-34,500	73,821	399	-22,555	-228
2018	Year	108,595	-9,785	-80,786	-3,656	-94,227	14,370	-52,019	9,024	39,890	-87,533	762	-37,855	-206
2019	Year	117,265	-99,819	-89,335	-3,479	-192,633	-75,369	-35,310	-115,722	12,635	-4,272	422	-106,938	3,741
2020	Year	142,445	-62,878	-102,756	-3,832	-169,466	-27,024	-11,877	-105,140	-8,358	69,643	1,282	-42,574	-3,673
2021	Year	168,415	18,868	-128,199	-4,436	-113,767	54,648	1,502	41,504	-10,478	16,649	4,980	52,657	-3,493
2022	Year	205,133	9,698	-164,484	-4,704	-159,490	45,643	-927	24,964	-138,795	157,710	485	44,364	-352
2023	Year	156,686	18,589	-133,700	-4,659	-119,770	36,916	-8,725	13,668	98,575	-82,215	-435	29,590	1,399
2024	Year	175,553	59,690	-139,685	-4,588	-84,583	90,971	-2,581	62,129	62,979	-31,681	-138	93,286	4,896
2025	Year	230,282	26,305	-199,913	-4,595	-178,203	52,079	-6,951	34,513	72,086	-55,970	-1	50,629	5,501

2015	Quarter 1	26,790	-4,471	-16,343	-986	-21,800	4,989	-707	40,300	-72,413	35,780	108	3,777	-505
	Quarter 2	26,894	-6,830	-11,694	-794	-19,318	7,576	-226	-960	14,754	-9,286	307	4,816	-2,534
	Quarter 3	29,755	-6,151	-16,795	-593	-23,539	6,216	100	10,429	-15,637	14,268	-24	9,035	2,719
	Quarter 4	29,955	-15,149	-15,910	-965	-32,024	-2,069	-470	-92,446	-10,708	97,824	103	-5,228	-2,689
2016	Quarter 1	27,367	-13,070	-11,497	-1,020	-25,587	1,779	-2,670	12,895	-5,514	-600	1,095	7,876	8,767
	Quarter 2	24,440	-12,286	-11,117	-768	-24,171	270	-586	1,982	3,882	-15,589	-224	-9,948	-9,632
	Quarter 3	26,315	-10,958	-14,804	-820	-26,582	-267	161	-1,695	12,528	-16,888	379	-5,676	-5,570
	Quarter 4	28,043	-18,394	-13,659	-1,205	-33,258	-5,216	-1,236	1,020	23,729	-22,772	206	2,182	8,634
2017	Quarter 1	24,968	-1,314	-16,441	-616	-18,371	6,597	-8,538	-6,608	-14,015	9,518	-101	-11,206	-9,265
	Quarter 2	24,327	-36,726	-17,781	-1,170	-55,677	-31,349	-12,079	-24,153	-39,145	28,803	163	-34,333	9,095
	Quarter 3	28,445	2,205	-15,168	-626	-13,589	14,857	-4,640	2,681	9,996	-12,027	235	885	-9,332
	Quarter 4	30,504	638	-17,025	-694	-17,081	13,423	-598	-34,193	8,664	47,527	102	22,099	9,274
2018	Quarter 1	28,269	2,290	-19,930	-974	-18,614	9,655	-109	15,470	20,655	-35,824	4	305	-9,241
	Quarter 2	27,912	1,604	-19,068	-1,060	-18,524	9,389	59	7,736	-15,699	22,818	-8	14,847	5,399
	Quarter 3	27,126	2,911	-19,441	-830	-17,360	9,766	63	10,896	8,067	-13,626	196	5,534	-4,295
	Quarter 4	25,288	-16,590	-22,347	-792	-39,729	-14,440	-52,032	-25,078	26,867	-60,901	570	-58,541	7,931
2019	Quarter 1	30,338	1,646	-22,020	-1,344	-21,718	8,620	-6,936	8,739	5,672	-175	-7	14,228	12,544
	Quarter 2	26,916	-37,315	-23,925	-626	-61,866	-34,950	-17,385	-51,647	-16,764	14,493	116	-53,802	-1,467
	Quarter 3	31,036	2,720	-22,544	-850	-20,674	10,361	-5,093	-3,093	-7,609	5,636	144	-4,922	-10,190
	Quarter 4	28,975	-66,870	-20,846	-659	-88,375	-59,400	-5,896	-69,721	31,336	-24,226	169	-62,442	2,854
2020	Quarter 1	36,197	-57,566	-24,838	-1,069	-83,473	-47,277	-3,061	-49,575	-82,024	72,766	139	-58,695	-8,357
	Quarter 2	34,324	2,688	-24,286	-982	-22,580	11,743	-7,552	-49,604	59,979	-2,251	-14	8,110	3,919
	Quarter 3	37,523	4,852	-30,755	-736	-26,639	10,883	-2,080	-9,988	-6,585	18,997	761	3,184	-5,619
	Quarter 4	34,401	-12,852	-22,877	-1,045	-36,774	-2,373	816	4,027	20,272	-19,869	396	4,827	6,384
2021	Quarter 1	42,172	9,412	-34,612	-1,290	-26,490	15,682	2,974	15,274	16,826	-22,368	173	9,906	-8,750
	Quarter 2	39,900	9,527	-33,275	-1,006	-24,754	15,146	914	3,022	-4,691	22,982	72	21,386	5,326
	Quarter 3	45,021	9,529	-33,039	-695	-24,205	20,816	-333	3,382	-6,259	10,825	4,081	12,029	-8,454
	Quarter 4	41,322	-9,600	-27,273	-1,445	-38,318	3,004	-2,053	19,826	-16,354	5,210	654	9,336	8,385
2022	Quarter 1	46,228	9,386	-39,858	-1,178	-31,650	14,578	772	16,015	-39,856	43,463	-129	19,493	4,143
	Quarter 2	47,812	3,969	-38,363	-1,174	-35,568	12,244	-124	22,088	-25,022	6,948	33	4,048	-8,072
	Quarter 3	56,515	1,192	-45,642	-1,128	-45,578	10,937	-878	-25,095	-46,790	81,206	603	9,923	-136
	Quarter 4	54,578	-4,849	-40,621	-1,224	-46,694	7,884	-697	11,956	-27,127	26,093	-22	10,900	3,713
2023	Quarter 1	54,091	2,575	-44,541	-1,201	-43,167	10,924	-492	13,465	-24,241	16,640	11	5,875	-4,557
	Quarter 2	36,888	8,983	-33,674	-1,143	-25,834	11,054	-5,680	8,726	86,983	-90,067	-24	5,616	242
	Quarter 3	36,183	12,995	-31,907	-1,088	-20,000	16,184	-1,673	-21,691	44,794	-10,029	-529	12,544	-1,967
	Quarter 4	29,524	-5,964	-23,578	-1,227	-30,769	-1,246	-880	13,168	-8,961	1,241	107	5,555	7,681
2024	Quarter 1	39,060	14,876	-34,858	-1,167	-21,149	17,912	-1,634	20,348	29,638	-39,238	-85	10,661	-5,617
	Quarter 2	38,578	26,524	-28,731	-1,161	-3,368	35,211	-426	47,519	-5,109	-1,509	7	40,907	6,122
	Quarter 3	42,911	11,427	-33,600	-1,041	-23,214	19,696	-379	-16,847	23,753	10,030	-305	16,631	-2,686
	Quarter 4	55,004	6,863	-42,496	-1,219	-36,852	18,152	-142	11,109	14,697	-964	245	25,087	7,077
2025	Quarter 1	74,219	-375	-66,959	-1,048	-68,382	5,837	-11	-3,788	6,626	11,949	238	15,027	9,201
	Quarter 2	58,431	12,440	-50,128	-1,249	-38,937	19,494	-4,842	38,802	42,133	-60,351	-291	20,292	5,640
	Quarter 3	55,398	6,144	-46,382	-1,219	-41,457	13,941	-1,917	-19,137	30,788	-5,269	107	6,488	-5,536
	Quarter 4	42,235	8,096	-36,445	-1,078	-29,427	12,807	-181	18,636	-7,460	-2,299	-55	8,822	-3,804
2026	Quarter 1	30,602	9,930	-21,524	-1,566	-13,160	17,442	-1,598	-4,486	-44,505	51,740	18	2,768	-13,076
¹Adjusted for balance of payments purposes.
²Includes financial derivatives and also life insurance liabilities to non-residents. Occasionally includes large capital transactions which cannot be shown in the Capital Account Balance due to confidentiality constraints.

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Table 1.3 Current and Capital Accounts

Table 1.3 Current and Capital Accounts												€ million
		2024	2025	2024				2025				2026
Item		Year	Year	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	Quarter 1
Current Account
Merchandise¹	Exports	327,370	394,388	75,539	78,223	81,402	92,206	113,079	94,591	98,862	87,856	77,050
	Imports	151,817	164,106	36,479	39,644	38,492	37,202	38,860	36,160	43,464	45,622	46,448

International trade	Exports	224,738	262,682	54,027	54,180	57,993	58,538	88,375	63,139	61,828	49,340	49,871
	Imports	128,352	137,099	30,437	32,000	32,399	33,516	34,197	32,517	33,231	37,155	35,240
Goods for processing	Exports	91,112	94,713	20,103	21,704	19,490	29,815	17,440	26,168	23,641	27,464	21,974
	Imports	16,037	19,740	4,925	5,656	3,499	1,957	3,487	1,547	7,699	7,007	9,341
Other conceptual adjustments	Exports	-20,109	-19,103	-3637	-4940	-3987	-7,545	-3,833	-6,238	1,460	-10,492	-6,972
	Imports	7,428	7,266	1117	1988	2593	1,730	1,176	2,096	2,534	1,460	1,866
Merchanting (net export)	Exports	31,630	56,095	5,047	7,279	7,906	11,398	11,098	11,521	11,933	21,544	12,177

Services	Exports	482,967	500,195	107,267	131,842	115,965	127,893	115,263	123,140	123,692	138,100	126,791
	Imports	423,277	473,890	92,391	105,318	104,538	121,030	115,638	110,700	117,548	130,004	116,861
Repairs and Processing	Exports	1,164	982	226	239	261	438	211	254	233	285	215
	Imports	8,850	8,898	1,952	2,077	1,960	2,861	1,998	2,065	2,196	2,640	2,020
Transport	Exports	10,767	11,647	1,830	2,699	3,950	2,288	1,629	3,249	4,392	2,377	1,618
	Imports	5,941	6,261	1,409	1,551	1,509	1,472	1,506	1,411	1,640	1,704	1,651
Tourism and Travel ²	Exports	7,256	6,746	1,370	1,993	2,335	1,558	1,116	1,797	2,130	1,703	1,368
	Imports	13,075	12,532	2,055	3,621	4,050	3,349	2,339	3,378	4,526	2,289	2,255
Insurance	Exports	17,017	18,324	3,880	4,149	4,426	4,562	4,509	4,446	4,637	4,733	5,035
	Imports	14,704	14,996	3,630	3,309	3,758	4,007	3,731	3,597	3,729	3,939	3,748
Financial services	Exports	26,895	29,935	6,688	6,645	6,522	7,040	6,624	7,201	8,063	8,047	6,644
	Imports	23,602	26,912	5,922	5,766	5,743	6,171	5,822	6,489	7,303	7,298	6,295
Royalties/Licences	Exports	16,316	15,597	3,255	3,777	4,047	5,237	3,238	3,545	3,702	5,112	3,115
	Imports	164,173	184,259	35,614	39,791	39,837	48,931	42,045	44,784	45,461	51,969	47,417
of which: Pharmaceutical products and preparations	Exports	2,084	1,911	..	..	..	660	..	..	..	..	..
	Imports	23,191	24,312	4,835	5,222	4,431	8,703	5,702	5,966	5,706	6,938	6,278
Information and communication	Exports	5,470	5,527	950	..	1,106	..	838	1,214	1,058	2,417	969
	Imports	125,922	142,734	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Communications	Exports	223	223	55	56	56	56	55	57	56	56	44
	Imports	893	848	216	216	218	243	216	218	220	194	176
Computer services³	Exports	278,729	307,609	64,161	67,786	68,063	78,719	72,417	75,866	75,079	84,246	81,716
	Imports	16,982	19,807	3,913	4,304	4,304	4,461	4,119	5,275	5,570	4,843	4,948
Business services	Exports	94,510	75,207	19,397	36,871	18,554	19,688	17,557	18,896	17,326	21,428	17,224
	Imports	152,649	176,494	32,591	38,308	37,855	43,895	49,157	38,121	41,181	48,035	40,220
Research and development	Exports	32,681	12,275	4,022	..	3,073	..	2,298	3,732	2,706	3,539	1,069
	Imports	44,866	60,451	9,125	11,689	11,264	12,788	22,784	11,525	12,633	13,509	9,848
of which: IP related	Exports	21,096	1,146	518	..	510	..	192	236	140	577	68
	Imports	2,724	14,100	175	934	644	971	10,996	602	1,691	811	236
Operational leasing	Exports	20,114	21,653	4,970	5,000	5,070	5,074	5,166	5,127	5,190	6,170	5,418
	Imports	1,771	2,205	436	443	438	454	460	474	486	785	793
Misc. business services⁴	Exports	41,717	41,279	10,405	..	10,412	..	10,093	10,037	9,430	11,719	10,737
	Imports	106,012	113,840	23,029	26,176	26,154	30,653	25,913	26,123	28,063	33,741	29,579
Other services n.e.s.	Exports	30,091	33,924	6,405	7,626	7,751	8,309	7,907	7,829	8,076	10,112	9,811
	Imports	22,410	22,878	5,091	6,376	5,304	5,639	4,705	5,360	5,721	7,092	8,131

Merchandise and Services - Total	Exports	810,337	894,583	182,806	210,064	197,367	220,100	228,342	217,731	222,554	225,956	203,841
	Imports	575,093	637,995	128,870	144,962	143,029	158,232	154,498	146,860	161,012	175,626	163,309

Trade Balance	Net	235,245	256,587	53,936	65,103	54,338	61,868	73,844	70,871	61,542	50,331	40,532

Primary Income	Inflows	288,679	291,796	64,059	78,637	71,382	74,601	71,759	71,524	71,611	76,901	78,666
	Outflows	428,365	491,709	98,917	107,368	104,983	117,097	138,718	121,652	117,993	113,346	100,189
Compensation of Employees	Inflows	612	593	132	151	182	147	147	147	147	153	172
	Outflows	1,016	1,097	226	248	281	261	258	256	273	310	307
Investment Income	Inflows	286,483	289,021	63,546	78,088	70,786	74,063	71,290	70,984	71,132	75,615	78,201
	Outflows	426,686	489,970	98,514	106,966	104,549	116,657	138,294	121,245	117,560	112,871	99,735
Direct investment income	Inflows	74,255	81,424	14,118	20,514	16,619	23,004	20,858	16,572	19,441	24,554	19,963
	Outflows	210,267	281,620	47,644	47,370	50,550	64,703	85,695	66,120	66,776	63,028	47,427

of which: Manufacturing	Outflows	123,704	191,780	28,947	24,839	32,264	37,654	61,559	43,616	45,424	41,181	25,110
Information and communication	Outflows	54,670	61,975	11,966	14,604	11,722	16,378	16,349	16,377	14,418	14,831	15,128

Income on equity	Inflows	70,238	77,316	13,143	19,488	15,604	22,003	19,839	15,579	18,406	23,492	19,124
	Outflows	199,255	272,971	44,430	44,532	47,947	62,346	83,503	64,030	64,570	60,868	45,400
Dividends & distributed	Inflows	40,784	44,102	1,491	..	..	4,812	4,067	20,954	16,559	2,522	20,175
Branch profits	Outflows	155,467	187,676	44,010	43,086	42,180	26,191	27,719	102,244	33,541	24,173	49,491
Reinvested earnings	Inflows	29,453	33,213	11,652	..	..	17,190	15,772	-5,376	1,847	20,970	-1,051
	Outflows	43,789	85,295	420	1,447	5,767	36,155	55,784	-38,214	31,030	36,695	-4,091
Income on debt	Inflows	4,018	4,108	976	1,026	1,015	1,001	1,019	993	1,035	1,061	839
	Outflows	11,012	8,649	3,214	2,837	2,603	2,358	2,192	2,090	2,206	2,161	2,028
Portfolio investment income	Inflows	141,259	144,238	32,266	38,985	35,842	34,166	35,539	39,196	34,748	34,755	37,697
	Outflows	167,442	160,847	40,002	46,364	41,433	39,643	40,684	44,021	38,055	38,087	41,335
Income on equity	Inflows	42,100	45,976	9,314	13,291	10,616	8,879	10,696	14,704	10,242	10,334	11,129
	Outflows	135,685	134,597	31,062	37,767	34,442	32,414	33,509	37,054	32,094	31,939	33,826
Income on debt	Inflows	99,157	98,262	22,951	25,693	25,226	25,287	24,843	24,492	24,506	24,421	26,568
	Outflows	31,757	26,251	8,940	8,597	6,991	7,229	7,175	6,968	5,961	6,147	7,509
Other investment income	Inflows	70,970	63,360	17,162	18,590	18,325	16,893	14,893	15,217	16,943	16,306	20,541
	Outflows	48,978	47,503	10,868	13,233	12,566	12,311	11,916	11,103	12,728	11,756	10,973
Other primary income	Inflows	1,585	2,182	382	398	414	391	322	393	333	1,134	293
	Outflows	662	642	176	154	153	179	165	151	160	166	147

Secondary Income	Inflows	9,346	9,588	2,066	2,490	2,656	2,134	2,344	2,361	2,596	2,287	2,583
	Outflows	13,934	14,184	3,232	3,650	3,698	3,354	3,393	3,610	3,816	3,365	4,149

Income Balance	Net	-144,273	-204,507	-36,024	-29,892	-34,642	-43,715	-68,007	-51,376	-47,601	-37,523	-23,090

Current Account - Total	Inflows	1,108,363	1,195,966	248,931	291,191	271,406	296,835	302,445	291,616	296,761	305,144	285,090
	Outflows	1,017,392	1,143,887	231,020	255,980	251,710	278,682	296,608	272,122	282,820	292,337	267,648

Current Account Balance	Net	90,971	52,079	17,912	35,211	19,696	18,152	5,837	19,494	13,941	12,807	17,442

Capital Account Balance	Net	-2,581	-6,951	-1,634	-426	-379	-142	-11	-4,842	-1,917	-181	-1,598

Memorandum Item:
Government Income	Inflows	362	148	89	87	117	69	122	-27	-16	69	-5
	Outflows	2,662	2,051	828	545	722	567	767	429	536	320	576
¹Adjusted for balance of payments purposes.
²Under the credit item, passenger fare receipts of resident carriers from foreign visitors are excluded; such receipts are included under transport credits - see Background Notes.
³Covers exports and imports of software that were not incorporated as part of computer hardware or physical media but separately transmitted by electronic means. The value of sales and purchases of additional software licences is also included.
⁴Covers mainly advertising and inter-affiliate management charges.
.. Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons.

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Table 1.4 Financial Account

Table 1.4 Financial Account¹												€ million
		2024	2025	2024				2025				2026
Item		Year		Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	Quarter 1

Direct Investment	Abroad	27,824	47,266	22,011	24,512	-5,189	-13,510	13,397	4,817	-393	29,445	20,965
	In Ireland	-34,306	12,753	1,662	-23,007	11,658	-24,619	17,184	-33,984	18,744	10,809	25,451

Equity	Abroad	-43,992	6,731	944	-12,117	..	..	-2,315	4,074	-316	5,288	10,968
	In Ireland	20,430	-34,260	-11,545	22,902	3,702	5,371	290	-7,871	-3,997	-22,682	1,994
Reinvested Earnings	Abroad	29,486	33,213	11,652	2,378	..	..	15,772	-5,376	1,847	20,970	-1,051
	In Ireland	43,967	85,335	414	1,484	5,840	36,229	55,805	-38,195	31,030	36,695	-4,091
Other Capital	Abroad	42,330	7,323	9,415	34,251	6,385	-7,721	-59	6,119	-1,924	3,187	11,048
	In Ireland	-98,704	-38,321	12,794	-47,393	2,115	-66,220	-38,911	12,082	-8,288	-3,204	27,548

Portfolio Investment	Assets	455,046	522,198	57,502	94,630	155,227	147,687	109,218	109,385	166,948	136,647	162,402
	Liabilities	392,067	450,111	27,864	99,739	131,474	132,990	102,592	67,252	136,160	144,107	206,907

Equity	Assets	182,650	247,935	16,040	49,293	44,986	72,331	56,928	39,670	79,383	71,954	84,926
	Liabilities	352,501	405,385	32,975	79,601	123,596	116,329	96,277	56,568	124,552	127,988	200,156
Debt Instruments	Assets	272,396	274,264	41,462	45,337	110,241	75,356	52,290	69,716	87,565	64,693	77,476
	Liabilities	39,568	44,727	-5,110	20,139	7,878	16,661	6,315	10,684	11,609	16,119	6,752
Bonds and notes	Assets	191,997	251,556	56,011	44,699	51,127	40,160	63,038	66,174	66,498	55,846	30,837
	Liabilities	35,548	42,831	-5,991	19,368	12,246	9,925	3,445	15,013	7,160	17,213	4,708
Money market instruments	Assets	80,399	22,707	-14,549	638	59,114	35,196	-10,748	3,541	21,067	8,847	46,639
	Liabilities	4,021	1,896	880	771	-4,367	6,737	2,870	-4,328	4,449	-1,095	2,044

Other Investment	Assets	37,037	124,863	1,251	27,239	10,476	-1,929	120,550	-34,511	-58,659	97,483	146,106
	Liabilities	68,718	180,833	40,489	28,748	446	-965	108,601	25,840	-53,390	99,782	94,365

Loans, currency and deposits	Assets	62,578	138,487	-17,108	30,743	9,445	39,498	62,812	39,278	28,638	7,760	117,652
	Liabilities	38,374	101,475	14,708	3,767	-11,459	31,358	32,864	56,246	-6,460	18,825	24,948
Other²	Assets	-25,544	-13,624	18,358	-3,506	1,031	-41,427	57,740	-73,790	-87,297	89,723	28,454
	Liabilities	30,345	79,360	25,782	24,981	11,905	-32,323	75,738	-30,405	-46,930	80,957	69,418

Reserve Assets		-138	-1	-85	7	-305	245	238	-291	107	-55	18

Monetary gold		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Special drawing rights		40	96	13	12	4	11	9	-3	81	9	9
Reserve position in the IMF		-122	78	9	-54	-8	-69	43	33	3	-1	-12
Foreign exchange		-153	-148	-361	1	-321	528	132	-172	106	-214	-87
Other		96	-28	254	48	19	-225	53	-149	-83	151	109

Balance on Financial Account		93,286	50,629	10,661	40,907	16,631	25,087	15,027	20,292	6,488	8,822	2,768

Net errors and omissions		4,896	5,501	-5,617	6,122	-2,686	7,077	9,201	5,640	-5,536	-3,804	-13,076
Memorandum Item:
Government financial	Assets	20,252	18,138	1,943	-2,532	3,453	17,388	1,735	206	690	15,507	-1,508
transactions	Liabilities	-792	-6,604	-1,830	459	1,199	-620	-5,580	-355	1,155	-1,824	2,155
¹Financial account transactions are categorised under two headings 'Assets' and 'Liabilities' for Portfolio Investment, Other Investment and Reserve Assets. 'For Direct Investment, a 'directional' categorisation is used: 'Abroad' 'indicates direct investment by Irish investors in foreign companies; 'Direct investment into Ireland is indicated by the heading 'In Ireland'.
²Includes financial derivatives; in the case of liabilities this category also includes life insurance liabilities to non-residents. Occasionally includes large capital transactions which cannot be shown in the Capital Account Balance due to confidentiality constraints.
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Table 1.5 Current, Capital and Financial Account activity classified by Institutional Sector

Table 1.5 Current, Capital and Financial Account activity classified by Institutional Sector¹												€ million
		2024	2025	2024				2025				2026
Item		Year		Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	Quarter 1
Current Account - Total	Inflows	1,108,363	1,195,966	248,931	291,191	271,406	296,835	302,445	291,616	296,761	305,144	285,090
	Outflows	1,017,392	1,143,887	231,020	255,980	251,710	278,682	296,608	272,122	282,820	292,337	267,648

Merchandise²	Exports	327,370	394,388	75,539	78,223	81,402	92,206	113,079	94,591	98,862	87,856	77,050
	Imports	151,817	164,106	36,479	39,644	38,492	37,202	38,860	36,160	43,464	45,622	46,448

Services	Exports	482,967	500,195	107,267	131,842	115,965	127,893	115,263	123,140	123,692	138,100	126,791
	Imports	423,277	473,890	92,391	105,318	104,538	121,030	115,638	110,700	117,548	130,004	116,861

General Government	Exports	412	380	103	103	103	103	69	104	103	103	101
	Imports	109	98	27	29	25	28	28	23	30	17	16
Monetary Authority ³	Exports	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Imports	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monetary Financial Institutions⁴	Exports	10,940	11,198	2,547	2,789	2,795	2,809	2,820	2,738	2,863	2,777	2,730
	Imports	4,512	4,789	1,105	1,144	1,144	1,119	1,061	1,068	1,314	1,346	1,294
Other Sectors⁵	Exports	471,614	488,617	104,617	128,950	113,066	124,981	112,374	120,298	120,726	135,219	123,961
	Imports	418,654	469,002	91,259	104,144	103,368	119,883	114,549	109,609	116,203	128,641	115,551
of which:
Other Financial Intermediaries	Exports	43,270	49,230	10,326	10,378	10,855	11,711	10,993	12,023	12,659	13,556	13,698
	Imports	44,251	48,063	10,914	10,480	10,967	11,890	11,096	11,894	12,318	12,756	12,389
Non-Financial Companies⁶	Exports	428,343	439,386	94,290	118,572	102,211	113,270	101,381	108,274	108,067	121,663	110,263
	Imports	374,402	420,939	80,345	93,664	92,401	107,992	103,453	97,715	103,886	115,885	103,162

Primary Income	Inflows	288,679	291,796	64,059	78,637	71,382	74,601	71,759	71,524	71,611	76,901	78,666
	Outflows	428,365	491,709	98,917	107,368	104,983	117,097	138,718	121,652	117,993	113,346	100,189

General Government	Inflows	362	148	89	87	117	69	122	-27	-16	69	-5
	Outflows	2,662	2,375	828	545	722	567	767	429	697	482	725
Monetary Authority ³	Inflows	196	197	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49
	Outflows	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monetary Financial Institutions⁴	Inflows	45,602	40,712	11,494	11,215	11,361	11,532	10,502	9,955	10,668	9,587	9,260
	Outflows	46,249	40,873	11,345	11,098	11,821	11,985	10,629	9,839	10,715	9,690	8,884
Other Sectors⁵	Inflows	242,518	250,737	52,427	67,285	59,855	62,951	61,085	61,547	60,910	67,196	69,361
	Outflows	379,452	448,460	86,744	95,724	92,439	104,545	127,322	111,383	106,581	103,174	90,580
of which:
Other Financial Intermediaries	Inflows	172,067	173,849	39,306	47,538	42,216	43,007	43,985	45,690	41,658	42,516	51,055
	Outflows	171,274	163,324	38,788	49,046	41,713	41,727	42,120	44,441	38,584	38,179	41,725
Non-Financial Companies⁶	Inflows	70,452	76,889	13,121	19,747	17,639	19,945	17,101	15,857	19,252	24,680	18,306
	Outflows	208,179	285,137	47,956	46,679	50,726	62,818	85,203	66,942	67,998	64,995	48,854

Secondary Income	Inflows	9,346	9,588	2,066	2,490	2,656	2,134	2,344	2,361	2,596	2,287	2,583
	Outflows	13,934	14,184	3,232	3,650	3,698	3,354	3,393	3,610	3,816	3,365	4,149

General Government	Inflows	172	50	27	-3	128	20	0	5	4	40	43
	Outflows	3,845	3,722	975	933	943	994	803	1,007	1,012	899	1,222
Monetary Authority ³	Inflows	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Outflows	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monetary Financial Institutions⁴	Inflows	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Outflows	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Sectors⁵	Inflows	9,176	9,540	2,039	2,493	2,529	2,115	2,344	2,357	2,592	2,247	2,535
	Outflows	10,088	10,462	2,257	2,717	2,754	2,360	2,590	2,603	2,803	2,466	2,927
of which:
Other Financial Intermediaries	Inflows	7,841	8,232	1,702	2,155	2,189	1,795	2,025	2,040	2,256	1,910	2,211
	Outflows	7,841	8,232	1,702	2,155	2,189	1,795	2,025	2,040	2,256	1,910	2,211
Non-Financial Companies⁶	Inflows	1,331	1,308	336	337	339	319	319	317	336	336	324
	Outflows	2,247	2,230	555	562	565	565	565	563	547	555	716

Balance on Current Account		90,971	52,079	17,912	35,211	19,696	18,152	5,837	19,494	13,941	12,807	17,442

Balance on Capital Account		-2,581	-6,951	-1,634	-426	-379	-142	-11	-4,842	-1,917	-181	-1,598

Financial Account⁷
Direct investment	Abroad	27,824	47,266	22,011	24,512	-5,189	-13,510	13,397	4,817	-393	29,445	20,965
	In Ireland	-34,306	12,753	1,662	-23,007	11,658	-24,619	17,184	-33,984	18,744	10,809	25,451

General Government	Abroad	0	..	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	0
	In Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monetary Authority ³	Abroad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	In Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monetary Financial Institutions⁴	Abroad	-564	..	..	..	..	64	-52	551	86	-125	107
	In Ireland	2,620	1,057	247	283	923	1,167	413	52	174	418	644
Other Sectors⁵	Abroad	28,389	46,804	21,979	24,488	-4,506	-13,572	13,449	4,265	-479	29,570	20,858
	In Ireland	-36,925	11,697	1,416	-23,291	10,736	-25,786	16,772	-34,037	18,571	10,391	24,806
of which:
Other Financial Intermediaries	Abroad	5,556	7,218	1,785	3,320	-1,243	1,694	3,210	986	288	2,734	1,807
	In Ireland	18,810	-19,141	19,110	-11,781	12,227	-746	1,498	-20,063	-4,112	3,537	3,151
Non-Financial Companies⁶	Abroad	22,833	39,586	20,194	21,168	-3,263	-15,266	10,239	3,279	-767	26,836	19,051
	In Ireland	-55,735	30,837	-17,694	-11,510	-1,491	-25,040	15,274	-13,974	22,683	6,854	21,655

Portfolio investment	Assets	455,046	522,198	57,502	94,630	155,227	147,687	109,218	109,385	166,948	136,647	162,402
	Liabilities	392,067	450,111	27,864	99,739	131,474	132,990	102,592	67,252	136,160	144,107	206,907

General Government	Assets	10,550	4,222	84	-292	3,341	7,417	260	269	105	3,588	10,197
	Liabilities	-232	-1,942	-1,033	461	959	-619	-3,182	-353	1,254	339	3,427
Monetary Authority ³	Assets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Liabilities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monetary Financial Institutions⁴	Assets	97,466	60,251	-2,045	12,048	57,551	29,912	-9,681	21,752	31,301	16,879	19,712
	Liabilities	93,480	93,897	-17,340	21,604	56,933	32,283	21,876	13,211	31,082	27,728	87,192
Other Sectors⁵	Assets	347,030	457,726	59,463	82,875	94,334	110,358	118,639	87,365	135,542	116,180	132,494
	Liabilities	298,820	358,156	46,237	77,675	73,583	101,325	83,897	54,395	103,824	116,040	116,288
of which:
Other Financial Intermediaries	Assets	346,384	457,780	..	..	..	110,026	118,529	87,705	135,129	116,417	132,170
	Liabilities	305,099	360,466	44,413	76,758	78,800	105,128	83,506	55,779	103,524	117,658	115,920
Non-Financial Companies⁶	Assets	646	-55	..	..	..	332	110	-340	413	-238	324
	Liabilities	-6,279	-2,310	1,824	917	-5,217	-3,803	391	-1,384	300	-1,617	368

Other investment	Assets	37,037	124,863	1,251	27,239	10,476	-1,929	120,550	-34,511	-58,659	97,483	146,106
	Liabilities	68,718	180,833	40,489	28,748	446	-965	108,601	25,840	-53,390	99,782	94,365

General Government	Assets	9,702	13,916	1,859	-2,240	112	9,971	1,475	-63	585	11,919	-11,704
	Liabilities	-560	-4,662	-797	-2	240	-1	-2,398	-2	-99	-2,163	-1,272
Monetary Authority ³	Assets	-2,705	-10,105	-8,117	8,792	-1,539	-1,841	-5,208	-489	166	-4,574	-790
	Liabilities	1,475	480	264	259	414	538	363	-777	423	470	295
Monetary Financial Institutions⁴	Assets	45,836	75,028	6,982	18,048	9,384	11,422	73,860	27,634	-9,092	-17,374	108,998
	Liabilities	24,481	37,073	20,628	860	350	2,643	44,637	27,732	-7,740	-27,556	47,947
Other Sectors⁵	Assets	-15,796	46,025	527	2,639	2,519	-21,481	50,425	-61,594	-50,318	107,512	49,603
	Liabilities	43,321	147,942	20,393	27,631	-559	-4,144	65,999	-1,113	-45,975	129,031	47,395
of which:
Other Financial Intermediaries	Assets	-10,478	39,450	8,715	-29	-3,070	-16,094	59,428	-60,200	-61,152	101,374	56,867
	Liabilities	39,411	133,057	24,271	20,762	-5,453	-169	68,146	-8,028	-51,895	124,834	51,082
Non-Financial Companies⁶	Assets	-5,318	6,575	-8,188	2,668	5,589	-5,387	-9,003	-1,394	10,833	6,139	-7,265
	Liabilities	3,910	14,885	-3,878	6,869	4,894	-3,975	-2,147	6,915	5,920	4,197	-3,687

Reserve Assets		-138	-1	-85	7	-305	245	238	-291	107	-55	18

Balance on Financial Account		93,286	50,629	10,661	40,907	16,631	25,087	15,027	20,292	6,488	8,822	2,768
Net errors and omissions		4,896	5,501	-5,617	6,122	-2,686	7,077	9,201	5,640	-5,536	-3,804	-13,076
¹Includes transactions which cannot be shown due to confidentiality constraints.
²Adjusted for balance of payments purposes.
³Central Bank of Ireland.
⁴Covering licensed credit institutions and money market funds.
⁵Other sectors includes financial corporations other than the Monetary Authority and Monetary Financial Institutions, non-financial service and manufacturing companies and other industrial enterprises as well as (implicitly) households (see Background Notes). The gross liabilities to non-residents of financial corporations covered in other sectors tend to be very significant.
⁶Including households.
⁷See footnote 1 on Table 1.4.
.. Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons.

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Table 1.6 Current and Capital Accounts showing geographical detail

Table 1.6 Current and Capital Accounts showing geographical¹ detail												€ million
		2024	2025	2024				2025				2026
Item		Year		Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	Quarter 1

Current Account - Total	Inflows	1,108,363	1,195,966	248,931	291,191	271,406	296,835	302,445	291,616	296,761	305,144	285,090
	Outflows	1,017,392	1,143,887	231,020	255,980	251,710	278,682	296,608	272,122	282,820	292,337	267,648

Merchandise²	Exports	327,370	394,388	75,539	78,223	81,402	92,206	113,079	94,591	98,862	87,856	77,050
	Imports	151,817	164,106	36,479	39,644	38,492	37,202	38,860	36,160	43,464	45,622	46,448
EMU	Exports	106,987	99,240	25,668	22,957	24,741	33,621	22,625	27,396	24,273	24,946	24,733
	Imports	65,084	74,459	16,607	16,758	16,100	15,619	17,098	14,981	20,507	21,873	19,484
Non-EMU	Exports	220,383	295,150	49,872	55,265	56,661	58,585	90,455	67,196	74,589	62,910	52,317
	Imports	86,733	89,647	19,872	22,886	22,392	21,583	21,762	21,179	22,957	23,749	26,964
EU	Exports	115,543	109,792	27,550	25,152	26,774	36,067	24,952	29,656	27,072	28,112	27,802
	Imports	71,139	81,419	18,163	18,176	17,637	17,163	18,754	16,683	22,210	23,772	21,276
Non-EU	Exports	211,829	284,596	47,989	53,071	54,629	56,140	88,127	64,935	71,790	59,744	49,248
	Imports	80,678	82,687	18,316	21,468	20,855	20,039	20,106	19,477	21,254	21,850	25,172

Services	Exports	482,967	500,195	107,267	131,842	115,965	127,893	115,263	123,140	123,692	138,100	126,791
	Imports	423,277	473,890	92,391	105,318	104,538	121,030	115,638	110,700	117,548	130,004	116,861
EMU	Exports	123,244	134,764	27,667	30,102	31,455	34,020	29,553	32,913	34,687	37,611	34,544
	Imports	59,506	59,731	11,397	15,103	14,890	18,116	12,076	15,024	15,151	17,480	12,707
Non-EMU	Exports	359,724	365,430	79,600	101,740	84,510	93,874	85,710	90,226	89,005	100,489	92,248
	Imports	363,754	414,159	80,994	90,213	89,641	102,906	103,562	95,676	102,397	112,523	104,155
EU	Exports	149,243	162,046	33,607	36,157	37,796	41,683	35,996	39,734	41,282	45,035	41,507
	Imports	66,937	67,748	13,014	17,078	16,704	20,141	13,993	16,881	17,171	19,702	15,019
Non-EU	Exports	333,724	338,148	73,660	95,685	78,169	86,210	79,267	83,406	82,410	93,065	85,284
	Imports	356,323	406,141	79,377	88,238	87,827	100,881	101,644	93,819	100,376	110,302	101,843

Primary Income	Inflows	288,679	291,796	64,059	78,637	71,382	74,601	71,759	71,524	71,611	76,901	78,666
	Outflows	428,365	491,709	98,917	107,368	104,983	117,097	138,718	121,652	117,993	113,346	100,189
EMU	Inflows	76,169	74,574	16,506	21,042	18,263	20,358	20,123	18,635	18,342	17,474	15,933
	Outflows	109,582	96,520	24,806	28,117	26,623	30,036	26,235	27,726	23,080	19,479	22,196
Non-EMU	Inflows	212,512	217,223	47,554	57,595	53,120	54,243	51,636	52,890	53,269	59,428	62,732
	Outflows	318,781	395,188	74,111	79,250	78,359	87,061	112,482	93,926	94,913	93,867	77,993
EU	Inflows	84,084	83,182	18,249	23,356	20,333	22,146	21,926	20,849	20,240	20,167	17,732
	Outflows	113,285	100,343	25,958	28,984	27,547	30,796	27,406	28,643	24,046	20,248	23,681
Non-EU	Inflows	204,596	208,614	45,810	55,281	51,050	52,455	49,832	50,676	51,371	56,735	60,934
	Outflows	315,079	391,365	72,959	78,384	77,435	86,301	111,311	93,009	93,947	93,098	76,509

Secondary Income	Inflows	9,346	9,588	2,066	2,490	2,656	2,134	2,344	2,361	2,596	2,287	2,583
	Outflows	13,934	14,184	3,232	3,650	3,698	3,354	3,393	3,610	3,816	3,365	4,149
EMU	Inflows	4,759	5,205	958	1,353	1,570	878	1,243	1,294	1,477	1,191	1,446
	Outflows	5,393	5,636	1,116	1,512	1,729	1,036	1,345	1,452	1,562	1,277	1,483
Non-EMU	Inflows	4,586	4,383	1,108	1,136	1,086	1,256	1,101	1,067	1,119	1,096	1,137
	Outflows	8,541	8,547	2,116	2,139	1,969	2,317	2,047	2,158	2,254	2,088	2,667
EU	Inflows	5,260	5,667	1,068	1,432	1,777	983	1,330	1,380	1,609	1,348	1,621
	Outflows	8,883	9,475	2,009	2,362	2,590	1,922	2,288	2,387	2,546	2,254	2,629
Non-EU	Inflows	4,086	3,921	998	1,057	880	1,151	1,014	981	988	938	962
	Outflows	5,049	4,709	1,223	1,288	1,107	1,431	1,105	1,223	1,270	1,111	1,521

Balance on Current Account		90,971	52,079	17,912	35,211	19,696	18,152	5,837	19,494	13,941	12,807	17,442

Balance on Capital Account		-2,581	-6,951	-1,634	-426	-379	-142	-11	-4,842	-1,917	-181	-1,598
¹The term ‘EMU’ means the area represented by the 19 Member States participating in Monetary Union since the enlargement of the Euro area on 1 January 2015 to include Lithuania (EMU-19). From 2023 onwards the term ‘EMU’ is the area represented by the 20 Member States in the Monetary Union following enlargement to include Croatia (EMU-20). For years 2018 and 2019, the term ‘EU’ relates to transactions between residents of Ireland and other residents of the EU-28 area. From Q12020, the term ‘EU’ relates to transactions between residents of Ireland and other residents of the EU-27 area, which excludes the United Kingdom following their withdrawal from the European Union on 1 February 2020.
²Adjusted for balance of payments purposes.

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Table 1.7 Financial Account showing geographical detail

Table 1.7 Financial Account¹ showing geographical² detail												€ million
		2024	2025	2024				2025				2026
Item		Year		Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	Quarter 1

Direct Investment	Abroad	27,824	47,266	22,011	24,512	-5,189	-13,510	13,397	4,817	-393	29,445	20,965
	In Ireland	-34,306	12,753	1,662	-23,007	11,658	-24,619	17,184	-33,984	18,744	10,809	25,451

EMU	Abroad	5,845	18,790	1,010	17,421	-11,068	-1,518	3,364	7,139	-489	8,777	1,456
	In Ireland	-9,711	30,430	5,297	7,353	-13,038	-9,323	18,915	-9,114	2,691	17,938	-9,570
Non-EMU	Abroad	21,978	28,476	20,999	7,091	5,880	-11,992	10,033	-2,322	96	20,668	19,509
	In Ireland	-24,593	-17,677	-3,634	-30,360	24,696	-15,295	-1,730	-24,871	16,054	-7,130	35,021
EU	Abroad	6,682	25,162	662	18,001	-11,047	-934	8,793	8,339	-990	9,020	8,573
	In Ireland	-8,524	30,908	5,190	7,644	-12,639	-8,719	19,480	-10,240	3,901	17,767	-9,647
Non-EU	Abroad	21,143	22,104	21,349	6,510	5,859	-12,575	4,604	-3,522	597	20,425	12,392
	In Ireland	-25,782	-18,155	-3,526	-30,652	24,297	-15,901	-2,296	-23,744	14,844	-6,958	35,098

Portfolio Investment	Assets	455,046	522,198	57,502	94,630	155,227	147,687	109,218	109,385	166,948	136,647	162,402
	Liabilities	392,067	450,111	27,864	99,739	131,474	132,990	102,592	67,252	136,160	144,107	206,907

EMU	Assets	127,588	145,241	31,915	10,051	54,152	31,470	35,349	51,542	32,219	26,131	43,692
	Liabilities	130,086	156,548	-8,124	26,277	48,592	63,341	53,804	22,050	42,174	38,520	76,361
Non-EMU	Assets	327,459	376,957	25,587	84,579	101,076	116,217	73,869	57,843	134,729	110,516	118,710
	Liabilities	261,982	293,564	35,989	73,463	82,882	69,648	48,788	45,202	93,987	105,587	130,546
EU	Assets	145,684	169,458	39,282	17,417	55,863	33,122	47,952	53,734	38,165	29,607	51,421
	Liabilities	135,919	160,439	-5,138	24,949	50,376	65,732	55,465	21,772	39,928	43,274	81,153
Non-EU	Assets	309,362	352,739	18,221	77,213	99,364	114,564	61,266	55,651	128,782	107,040	110,981
	Liabilities	256,149	289,672	33,003	74,790	81,099	67,257	47,127	45,480	96,232	100,833	125,754

Other Investment³	Assets	37,037	124,863	1,251	27,239	10,476	-1,929	120,550	-34,511	-58,659	97,483	146,106
	Liabilities	68,718	180,833	40,489	28,748	446	-965	108,601	25,840	-53,390	99,782	94,365

EMU	Assets	-588	30,742	-7,741	1,319	13,973	-8,139	32,951	6,886	-1,681	-7,414	-11,245
	Liabilities	6,553	18,452	21,811	-623	-5,921	-8,714	32,985	40,709	-22,296	-32,946	36,335
Non-EMU	Assets	37,625	94,121	8,992	25,920	-3,497	6,210	87,599	-41,397	-56,978	104,897	157,350
	Liabilities	62,164	162,381	18,678	29,371	6,366	7,749	75,615	-14,868	-31,094	132,728	58,030
EU	Assets	10,419	33,774	-946	1,332	16,075	-6,042	42,139	-473	-2,990	-4,903	-7,603
	Liabilities	12,193	17,118	25,056	2,125	-6,886	-8,102	34,440	39,766	-23,071	-34,017	36,255
Non-EU	Assets	26,619	91,090	2,197	25,907	-5,599	4,114	78,411	-34,037	-55,669	102,386	153,709
	Liabilities	56,527	163,714	15,434	26,623	7,333	7,137	74,160	-13,926	-30,319	133,799	58,110

Reserve Assets		-138	-1	-85	7	-305	245	238	-291	107	-55	18

Balance on Financial Account		93,286	50,629	10,661	40,907	16,631	25,087	15,027	20,292	6,488	8,822	2,768

Net errors and omissions		4,896	5,501	-5,617	6,122	-2,686	7,077	9,201	5,640	-5,536	-3,804	-13,076
¹See footnote 1 on Table 1.4.
²The term ‘EMU’ means the area represented by the 19 Member States participating in Monetary Union since the enlargement of the Euro area on 1 January 2015 to include Lithuania (EMU-19). For years 2018 and 2019, the term ‘EU’ relates to transactions between residents of Ireland and other residents of the EU-28 area. From Q12020, the term ‘EU’ relates to transactions between residents of Ireland and other residents of the EU-27 area, which excludes the United Kingdom following their withdrawal from the European Union on 1 February 2020.
³Includes financial derivatives; in the case of liabilities this category also includes life insurance liabilities to non-residents. Occasionally includes large capital transactions which cannot be shown in the Capital Account Balance due to confidentiality constraints.