FTA IrelandPre-Budget Submission 2026

Introduction

Transportation and Storage accounted for over €7 billion in Gross Value Added to the Irish economy in 2023. Imports and exports also depend on logistics and supply chain, and in 2022 Ireland exported approximately €197 billion worth of goods and imported around €140 billion2. Over 111,000 people were directly employed in Q4 2023 across a variety of roles. This is equivalent to the agriculture sector employment figures. There are many ongoing challenges including skills shortages, year on year increased
operational costs (exceeding inflation), decarbonisation challenges which are feeding into increased cost of services as well as many other input costs.

We welcome the opportunity to present our pre-budget submission to the Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD. We offer the observations of our membership on the priorities for government revenue raising and spending in the years ahead.