Richard Boyd Barrett
Ceist:176. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the size of the national debt currently. [36320/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 26 July 2017
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The most recent estimate for the National Debt (which should be noted is distinct from General Government Debt (GGD), the metric used for comparative purposes across the European Union) is published on the NTMA website. As of end-June 2017 the National Debt stood at €183.87bn.
The most recent estimate of the 2017 GGD was published by the Central Statistics Office in the Government Finance Statistics Quarterly Results (Quarter 1 2017) and, as of end-March 2017, was €208.2bn.