Commercial semi-state firms pay out €2.4bn in dividends since 2010

The biggest contributor last year was the operator of Irish Water and Bord Gáis, Ervia, which paid out a dividend of €139m.

Commercial semi-state firms have paid out €2.4bn in dividends to the Exchequer since 2010.

According to new figures provided by the Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, commercial semi-state firms last year paid out dividends of €261.19m to the State.