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Junior Cycle Business Studies: Ireland and the EU

How often Ireland and the EU comes up on the Business Studies papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 5 of the last 6 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Ireland and the EU, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Ireland and the EU.

(a)Which organisation sets interest rates for the countries that use the euro?
  1. The Central Statistics Office
  2. The European Central Bank
  3. The European Parliament
(b)Which is a benefit of EU membership for Irish citizens?
  1. Not having to pay any tax in Ireland
  2. Free flights to all other EU countries
  3. The right to work in other EU countries
(c)How have Irish farmers benefited from EU membership?
  1. CAP support payments
  2. Exemption from EU rules
  3. A ban on imported food
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(a) The European Central Bank

(b) The right to work in other EU countries

(c) CAP support payments

Your turn: Common Level questions on Ireland and the EU.

Common Level

Asked on 5 of the last 6 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q16a
2025Not asked
2024Q7
2023Q14
2022Q4
2019Q8

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Ireland and the EU questions

Ireland and the EU, 3 marks

Which is a challenge of eurozone membership for Ireland?

  1. Irish goods face tariffs selling in France
  2. Irish people need visas to visit Spain
  3. Losing control of its own interest rates
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Losing control of its own interest rates

The ECB sets one interest rate for all eurozone members, which may not suit Ireland's economy at a given time. Other challenges include EU fishing limits.

Ireland and the EU, 2 marks

What is the eurozone?

  1. Countries that use the pound
  2. EU countries that use the euro
  3. Every country on the continent of Europe
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EU countries that use the euro

Not all EU members use the euro. Those that do form the eurozone, sharing one currency and one ECB interest rate. Irish shops have used euro cash since 2002.

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