Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 July 2018
65. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance the degree to which Ireland's current borrowing requirement has fluctuated in each of the past ten years to date expressed as a percentage of GNP and GDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29378/18]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is published by my Department on an annual basis as part the Budget Statistics https://www.finance.gov.ie/updates/budget-statistics-december-2017/. It is reproduced in the following table for the Deputy's convenience.
|
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
|
|
Exchequer Balance (€ million) |
-1,619 |
-12,714 |
-24,641 |
-18,744 |
-24,918 |
-14,892 |
-11,503 |
-8,189 |
-64 |
-1,018 |
1,910 |
|
% of GDP |
-0.82% |
-6.77% |
-14.49% |
-11.18% |
-14.49% |
-8.48% |
-6.38% |
-4.21% |
-0.02% |
-0.37% |
0.64% |
|
% of GNP |
-0.96% |
-7.89% |
-17.52% |
-13.47% |
-18.04% |
-10.49% |
-7.57% |
-4.97% |
-0.03% |
-0.45% |
0.79% |
