Table titled “Irish Expenditure” showing Irish production expenditure from 2015 to 2024 across Animation, Film, TV Drama and Documentary. Values are shown in euros. Animation is divided into Indigenous, Incoming and Total; Film is divided into Indigenous, Incoming and Total; TV Drama is divided into Indigenous, Incoming and Total; Documentary is shown as one category. A final row gives the total Irish expenditure for each year. Total Irish expenditure was €118,618,238 in 2015, €264,829,803 in 2016, €292,286,854 in 2017, €136,708,678 in 2018, €357,615,025 in 2019, €331,983,049 in 2020, €500,703,561 in 2021, €355,738,815 in 2022, €333,451,318 in 2023 and €410,819,459 in 2024. The highest total in the period was 2021, at just over €500.7 million, and the lowest was 2015, at about €118.6 million. In 2024, the largest category was TV Drama, with a total of €283,573,424. This was made up of €56,336,108 indigenous expenditure and €227,237,316 incoming expenditure. Film was the second-largest category in 2024, with €87,599,029 total, made up of €31,908,375 indigenous and €55,690,654 incoming expenditure. Animation totalled €29,856,734, made up of €5,786,139 indigenous and €24,070,595 incoming expenditure. Documentary expenditure was €9,790,272. Across the period, TV Drama shows the strongest growth, rising from €54,883,270 in 2015 to €283,573,424 in 2024, driven mainly by incoming TV Drama expenditure. Film peaked in 2021 at €176,969,890 and then declined to €87,599,029 in 2024. Animation peaked in 2019 at €178,701,610, dropped in 2022, recovered in 2023, and fell again to €29,856,734 in 2024. Documentary remained much smaller than the other categories throughout, ranging from about €2.7 million in 2021 to about €13.9 million in 2017.
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