Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 4 July 2019
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018
9:00 am
Mr. Conor O'Kelly:
Investors will look at the long-term economic impact, what the money is being spent on and why it is being spent. I imagine that if it were for a temporary blow such as Brexit, where the Government is trying to fix a problem and insulate itself, investors would look through that. As to whether debt managers would be charged a premium when they are in the market actively auctioning, it is very likely. If a little bit more needs to be borrowed, the markets would estimate that; it is supply and demand. However, I think it would be modest.