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

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9:00 am

Mr. John McCarthy:

For each person resident in the State, the Government holds about €42,000 or €44,000 on his or her behalf, so to speak. This makes our figure the second highest. I believe Japan has the highest figure.

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