Remote and Non-Remote card payments in Restaurants/Dining in Ireland: Central Bank figures to August 2026

The Central Bank of Ireland's table puts "Remote" card payments in its "Restaurants/Dining" sub-sector at €111.2 million in August 2026, out of €1,005.9 million in all card payments there. That is 11.1% by our arithmetic, against 10.7% in August 2025. Remote is 16.6% above August 2025 and Non-Remote is 12.2% above, both ours. These are card payments only, in euro as published, with no price adjustment. They are not total sales and not volume. The Central Bank's table uses the labels Remote and Non-Remote, and this page does not say what each covers.

How much of Restaurants/Dining card spending is Remote?

In August 2026 the Central Bank's Remote figure was €111.2 million (111,211 thousand in its table), which is 11.1% of the €1,005.9 million total for the sub-sector. The 11.1% is ours: Remote divided by all. In August 2025 the same share was 10.7%, also ours.

For January to August, the Remote share was 12.3% in 2026 and 11.9% in 2025. For whole calendar years it was 12.1% in 2024 and 12.2% in 2025. All of these shares are ours.

The Central Bank calls this sub-sector "Restaurants/Dining", and I use that label exactly. This page does not say what it includes, and the table has no separate figure for cafés.

How does Remote compare with a year earlier?

Remote in August 2026 is 16.6% above August 2025 (€95.4 million), and Non-Remote is 12.2% above. Both percentages are ours, worked out from the Central Bank's monthly figures.

For January to August, Remote totals €844.8 million in 2026 against €747.5 million in 2025, which is 13.0% above. That sum and that percentage are ours. The Central Bank's table gives no reason for any movement, so this page gives none.

Here is the Central Bank's note on a break in the series: "The increase in the volume of cards issued and related payment activity in March 2023 is due to inclusion of additional customer accounts that fall within the scope of the reporting requirements." So this page compares only months from March 2023 on.

Which months had the highest and lowest Remote share?

From March 2023 on, the highest Remote share was January 2026, at 14.8%, and the lowest was August 2024, at 10.52%. Both shares are ours.

August 2023 was close to the lowest, at 10.55%, so I give those two with two decimal places. The highest Remote month in euro was December 2025, at €121.7 million, which is the Central Bank's figure and not a share.

Is a Remote payment bigger on average?

In this table, yes. In August 2026 the average Remote payment was €28.66 and the average Non-Remote payment was €18.22. In August 2025 they were €28.22 and €18.29. All four are ours: the Central Bank's value divided by its number of payments.

An average of value over payments is not a menu price and not the size of a bill. It is one number made from two Central Bank columns.

What do Remote and Non-Remote mean here?

The Central Bank's table uses these labels and this page does not say what each covers. I use "Remote" and "Non-Remote" exactly as the table gives them. If you need the definition, it is the Central Bank's to give, so check its Monthly Card Payment Statistics page and notes.

For the sub-sector total on its own, see our page on card spending in Restaurants/Dining.

Where do these numbers come from?

They come from the Central Bank of Ireland's Monthly Card Payment Statistics, Table 4, Card Expenditure by Sector and Sub-Sector. I took the sub-sector Restaurants/Dining, geography All, split by the channel types Remote and Non-Remote, in value (thousands of euro) and in number of payments, month by month from October 2022 to August 2026. I read the file on 20 October 2026.

You can download the months as a CSV. If you cite it: Cupán Studio, from Central Bank of Ireland Monthly Card Payment Statistics, Table 4, read 20 October 2026.

Card payments, Restaurants/Dining, each August, € million, with the Remote share in %. Central Bank figures rounded to one decimal place; the share is ours.

Month	Remote	Non-Remote	Remote share
August 2023	79.0	669.6	10.5%
August 2024	86.8	738.1	10.5%
August 2025	95.4	797.7	10.7%
August 2026	111.2	894.7	11.1%

Remote and Non-Remote may not add to the total exactly because of rounding.

Sources

• Central Bank of Ireland, Monthly Card Payment Statistics, Table 4, read 20 October 2026.

Figures from the Central Bank of Ireland's Monthly Card Payment Statistics, Table 4, read 20 October 2026; shares, sums and averages are ours; card payments only. A summary of published statistics, not financial advice. Cupán Studio builds websites for cafés in Ireland.