asked the Minister for Finance the national debt and the foreign debt at the end of each year since 1960.
Written Answers. - National and Foreign Debt.
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: |
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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 |
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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 |