asked the Minister for Finance if he will give particulars of the external assets of the banking system and of Departmental funds as at mid-June, 1965, in the terms of Table VII in the Central Bank Quarterly Bulletin of April, 1965.
Ceisteanna-Questions. Oral Answers. - External Assets.
6.
The latest complete figures available for the external assets of the banking system and of departmental funds are those for May, 1965, the relative date being the third Tuesday of that month. These figures are:
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£ million |
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Central Bank |
Associated Banks (net) |
Departmental Funds |
Total |
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May |
132.7 |
75.1 |
0.8 |
208.6 |
The date in June for which the figures are computed is the last day of the month and the only figures yet available are those of the Central Bank, i.e. £131.1m. and departmental funds £0.8m.
Where did the Taoiseach get the figure of £33? million yesterday? They are not in the May figures.
I cannot answer this.