Ireland was at the bottom of the league of offending EU countries from which the European Commission has demanded the return of €244 million in misspent farm subsidies.
France, Greece, Italy and Britain were singled out as the worst offenders in the EU audit of farm subsidies, the commission said. Ireland will have to repay just over €1 million.
France has to hand back more than €63 million that was incorrectly spent in the fruit and vegetable sectors.
Greece fell foul of the EU's strict rules for distributing livestock and arable subsidies to its farmers and was presented with an invoice for nearly €60 million.
Britain will have to pay back €49 million for failing to distribute 2002-2003 farm subsidies by the usual deadline.
Italy received an invoice of €29 million for committing the same offence in 2001-2002, the commission said in a statement.
Ireland was at the bottom of a group of lesser offenders ordered to repay €620,000 for non-compliance with payment deadlines and, on the fisheries side, €590,000 on "lack of proper control over the withdrawal of fish".
"European taxpayers' money has to be properly spent," EU agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said in a statement.
"The commission is not prepared to compromise on this issue and will continue to take a tough stance to stamp out lax controls."