Joe Higgins
Question:168. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the total of the national debt; and the amount of the total debt accounted for by loans from the troika agencies. [23247/14]
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General Government debt is the standard measure of Government debt used for comparative purposes throughout the European Union. At the end of 2013, general Government debt stood at an estimated €202.9 billion or 123.7 per cent of GDP. A breakdown of the composition of general Government debt is available on page 17 of Ireland's Stability Programme April 2014 Update. The breakdown shows that of the €202.9 billion general Government debt at end-2013, loans provided under the EU/IMF Programme accounted for just under €67 billion or one third of the overall total.