Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Developments in the National Debt: National Treasury Management Agency
2:00 pm
Mr. Conor O'Kelly:
I suppose Brexit is on everyone's risk register. Anything that affects economic growth affects debt sustainability and investors' perception. We got some head winds in front of us from Brexit and European instability as well as Trump and uncertainty around tax, in particular, and other policy so they are the headwinds today that we have to consider along with other things that could come around the corner at any time. We have not isolated any particular risk but Ireland is facing some significant challenges that it has not had in the last couple of years which will negatively impact on its rating by investors.
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