# Ireland General government interest expenditure, EUR mn

Ireland General government interest expenditure, EUR mn was 723.9 € million in Q2 2026, down 2.7% from Q1 2026 and down 7.6% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 687.4 € million (Q1 2025) to 1,584.3 € million (Q2 2016), averaging 1,020.6 € million.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `IE.GOVINT.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: € million
- Coverage: 2002-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (98 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/ireland/general-government-interest-expenditure-eur-mn

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 723.9 € million |
| Q1 2026 | 743.9 € million |
| Q4 2025 | 762.3 € million |
| Q3 2025 | 694.7 € million |
| Q2 2025 | 783.8 € million |
| Q1 2025 | 687.4 € million |
| Q4 2024 | 836.2 € million |
| Q3 2024 | 811.0 € million |
| Q2 2024 | 788.9 € million |
| Q1 2024 | 805.5 € million |
| Q4 2023 | 819.4 € million |
| Q3 2023 | 828.7 € million |
| Q2 2023 | 864.1 € million |
| Q1 2023 | 853.9 € million |
| Q4 2022 | 938.6 € million |
| Q3 2022 | 826.3 € million |
| Q2 2022 | 785.3 € million |
| Q1 2022 | 758.7 € million |
| Q4 2021 | 824.4 € million |
| Q3 2021 | 805.1 € million |
| Q2 2021 | 834.5 € million |
| Q1 2021 | 827.1 € million |
| Q4 2020 | 865.5 € million |
| Q3 2020 | 977.6 € million |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IE.GOVINT.Q.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IE.GOVINT.Q.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```