As our Presidency quickly comes to a close, here are some interesting numbers about our 6 months.
| 181 | Days of the Irish Presidency |
| 200 | Estimated number of policy commitments achieved, including more than 80 in legislative form |
| €960bn |
Agreed amount for the 7 year EU Budget (MFF) including: |
| Up to €8bn to tackle youth unemployment | |
| €360bn on a reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) | |
| €70bn Horizon2020 programme for research and innovation | |
| €30bn for the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) targeting enhancements in transport, energy and telecoms networks | |
| €16bn Erasmus+ programme for education and training | |
| €2bn for the COSME programme to boost competitiveness of the EU’s 20million SMEs | |
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€3bn for the LIFE programme to fund projects in the environmental area |
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| 2,477 | Meetings and events were chaired by the Presidency across Europe including… |
| 374 | Trilogues were held with the European Commission and European Parliament |
| 54 | Council meetings chaired by Irish Ministers during the Presidency |
| 185 | Presidency events in Ireland |
| 24,000+ | Visitors brought to Ireland |
| 11 | Informal Council meetings held in Ireland |
| 97% | of delegates visiting Ireland in April for the Presidency rated experience as very good or good |
| 37% | of delegates in the same survey had never visited Ireland before |
| 111 | Hours were spent by the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Irish Ministers in European Parliament |
| 76 | European Parliament debates in which Irish Ministers participated |
| 141 | Presidency speeches by the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Irish Ministers |
| 11 | Record hours of European Parliament debate in a single sitting, set by Minister for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton |
| 36 | Record hours spent chairing Council discussions, set by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney |
| 106 | Associated Presidency events (average of 4 per week) held across Ireland and Europe |
| 120,000 | Miles traveled by Minister Creighton, visiting 44 countries |
| 1,042 | Litres of tea and coffee consumed in the Media Centre during Dublin ECOFIN informal alone |
| 55,000 | Stamps commemorating Ireland’s 40 years of EU membership were sold |
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517,322 |
Visits to eu2013.ie as of this morning |
| 1,536,582 | Pages viewed on eu2013.ie |
| 213 | Number of countries recorded as visiting eu2013.ie |
| 349 | Press releases published on eu2013.ie in 4 languages |
| 13,914 |
Twitter followers of the Presidency accounts @eu2013ie and @IrelandRepBru, the most followed Presidency to date on Twitter |
| 14,000 | Votes cast for the Irish Presidency logo |
| 100 | European Year of Citizens events in Ireland where… |
| 30,000 | People participated in European Year of Citizens discussions |
| 929 | Presidency Culture Programme (Culture Connect) Events took place around the world of which… |
| 509 | took place across Ireland |
| 420 | were International Culture Connect events in other EU Member states and Croatia, Australia, Bosnia, Serbia, China, Norway, Switzerland, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Hong Kong |
| 175,000 | Visitors to the Eileen Gray exhibition in Paris, an average of 2,200 per day |
Figures correct as at 09.30 1 July 2013
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