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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 28 May 1985

Vol. 358 No. 12

Written Answers. - National and Foreign Debt.

612.

asked the Minister for Finance the national debt and the foreign debt at the end of each year since 1960.

The total national debt and the foreign currency debt component thereof in respect of each of the years requested are set as follows. The figures are based on the actual outturns for 1960 to 1983 published in the finance accounts and on a provisional outturn for 1984 prepared by the Department of Finance. For the period up to March 1974 the debt figures relate to the financial year ending 31 March. Thereafter, the figures are for the financial year ended 31 December.

Total National Debt.

Of which Foreign

IR£(m)

(IR£) (m)

At 31 March:

1960

417.4

43.1

1961

451.0

42.5

1962

488.0

41.8

1963

531.5

41.0

1964

576.6

40.1

1965

636.5

39.1

1966

714.9

53.0

1967

770.8

61.3

1968

823.2

51.9

1969

914.0

54.8

1970

1,008.9

69.6

1971

1,105.9

89.9

1972

1,251.4

107.6

1973

1,421.1

126.4

1974

1,622.2

167.3

At 31 December

1974

1,957.9

312.0

1975

2,743.8

567.2

1976

3,612.0

1,039.6

1977

4,228.6

1,038.8

1978

5,167.1

1,063.9

1979

6,540.1

1,542.4

1980

7,896.4

2,206.8

1981

10,195.5

3,793.9

1982

12,816.7

5,290.3

1983

15,754.4

7,017.5

1984

18,506.9

7,920.0

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