Ireland has benefited disproportionately from EU largesse during its 35 years of membership, and, in 2008, was still receiving a net sum of €500 million from the EU budget.
Irsko během 35 let členství nepoměrně profitovalo ze štědrosti EU a v roce 2008 z rozpočtu EU stále čerpalo čistou sumu 500 milionů eur.