Leaving Cert Economics: International Trade, Balance of Payments & the EU questions

Ireland's economic relations with the rest of the world.

56 past Economics questions on this topic, spanning 2015 to 2025, grouped by year. Every question opens on the exact page of the official paper, with its marking scheme beside it.

International Trade, Balance of Payments & the EU question pack

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2025 · 2 questions

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Q1375 marks

foreign aid

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2024 · 3 questions

Q112 marks
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Q1375 marks

population, net migration, corporation tax, budget surplus

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Q1575 marks

less developed countries, financial aid

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2023 · 5 questions

Q812 marks

monetary policy, european central bank, interest rates

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Q912 marks

diminishing marginal returns, economies of scale

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Q1375 marks

circular flow of income, multiplier, hidden economy

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Q1475 marks

unemployment, full employment, cost-benefit analysis

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Q1575 marks

inflation, consumer price index, government intervention

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2022 · 4 questions

Q215 marks

national accounts, personal consumption

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Q415 marks

circular flow of income

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Q815 marks

hidden economy

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Q1575 marks
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2021 · 3 questions

Q115 marks
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Q1275 marks

corporation tax

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Q1475 marks

inflation

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2020 · 2 questions

Q375 marks

full employment, gender pay inequality

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Q675 marks

subsidies

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2019 · 2 questions

Q675 marks

composite price index, real wage, inflation

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Q617 marks
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2018 · 4 questions

Q375 marks

marginal cost, profit maximisation, price elasticity of supply

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Q316 marks
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Q675 marks

migration, official development assistance

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Q875 marks

national income statistics, multiplier, environmental economics

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2017 · 3 questions

Q575 marks
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Q516 marks
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Q817 marks

government policy objectives, economic growth, social policy

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2016 · 2 questions

Q475 marks

production periods, marginal revenue, marginal cost

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Q675 marks
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2015 · 1 question

Q817 marks
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International Trade, Balance of Payments & the EU question pack

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2025 · 2 questions

Q1375 marks

labour, costs of production

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Q1475 marks

overseas development assistance, hdi

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2024 · 2 questions

Q512 marks
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Q1475 marks

government expenditure, taxation, vat

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2023 · 1 question

Q1375 marks

national income, interest rates

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2022 · 1 question

Q1575 marks

corporation tax

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2021 · 3 questions

Q615 marks

circular flow of income

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Q1175 marks

human development index, economic growth

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Q1675 marks

factors of production, market failure

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2019 · 3 questions

Q116 marks

abbreviations

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Q475 marks

opportunity cost, rainy day fund

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Q775 marks

national income, corporation tax, multiplier

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2018 · 2 questions

Q675 marks

national income, less developed countries, overseas aid

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Q775 marks

open economy

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2017 · 4 questions

Q316 marks

government finances, retail

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Q416 marks
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Q516 marks

abbreviations

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Q775 marks

corporation tax, location of industry

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2016 · 2 questions

Q216 marks

subsidies

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Q675 marks
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2015 · 5 questions

Q316 marks

corporation tax, taxation

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Q416 marks
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Q575 marks
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Q617 marks

economic abbreviations

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Q775 marks

government expenditure, social housing, economic growth

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