Irish Sovereign Green Bonds Update
Adjusting for MNC profits, underlying economy was robust
pre-Covid: MNCs add real substance to IE economy
Ireland's income = wages (all sectors) +
domestic sectors profits + tax on MNC profits
Pre-Covid, Ireland had a robust underlying
economy; compared favourably to EA
MNC sectors
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contributed
€17bn CoE in '19
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30%
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MNC Sector
Profits,
€142bn,
43%
Three MNC sectors
contributed €5bn
in CT in 2019
Comp of
Employee,
€100bn,
Domestic
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1997
Index, Constant
prices, 100 = 2008
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2019
Sector
Profits,
€90bn, 27%
Gníomhaireacht Bainistíochta an Chisteáin Náisiúnta
National Treasury Management Agency
| MNC Sector Profits
Domestic Sector Profits
I Compensation of Employee
Real GVA ex. MNC Sector Profits
Real GVA EA19
Source: CSO, NTMA calculations (Nominal 2019 data used in left chart)
Ireland's GVA data has been adjusted to strip out the distortionary effects of some of the
multinational activity that occurs in Ireland. Specifically a profit proxy is estimated for the sectors
in which MNCs dominate (MNC sectors = part of Manufacturing, ICT, and renting and leasing
services).
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