Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 July 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2015
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 18 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Finance Accounts 2015

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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Good morning. The delegates are very welcome. I want to start with the Government debt. In 2014, it was €203 billion. By 2015, it was €201 billion. The debt-GDP ratio dropped by 120% to 79%. Am I right on that?