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Sovereign Debt

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 October 2012

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Questions (187)

Joe Higgins

Question:

187. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the schedule of interest payments and repayments of bonds in relation to sovereign debt in 2013; and if he will provide a breakdown by amount and to whom the payments are made. [46358/12]

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The data requested by the Deputy, which has been provided by the NTMA, is provided in the table below. The estimates in this table are calculated on the basis of the end-September 2012 government bond debt position and will of course be subject to change. I would also like to make the Deputy aware that the data provided relates only to Government bonds, and does not include principal or interest payments related to other debt instruments, such as EU/IMF Programme funding, Treasury Bills and retail debt products.

With regard to the ownership of Government bonds, the manner in which they are settled and registered does not allow for the identification of individual holders. The Central Bank of Ireland, which is the registrar for Irish government bonds, identified a split of 27% domestic and 73% foreign holders at the end of June 2012.

Date

Principal

Interest

Total

€ millions

€ millions

€ millions

15/01/2013

303.9

303.9

20/01/2013

5.9

5.9

18/02/2013

166.9

166.9

13/03/2013

634.2

634.2

20/03/2013

1.0

1.0

18/04/2013

5616.2

280.8

5897.0

18/04/2013

468.6

468.6

18/04/2013

531.4

531.4

20/05/2013

12.7

12.7

18/06/2013

339.2

339.2

20/07/2013

1.7

1.7

18/08/2013

0.6

0.6

20/09/2013

19.6

19.6

18/10/2013

219.0

219.0

18/10/2013

416.5

416.5

18/10/2013

400.8

400.8

18/10/2013

452.7

452.7

5,616.2

4,255.6

9,871.8

Source: NTMA

Rounding may affect totals

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