Dáil debates
Thursday, 6 December 2007
Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed)
3:00 pm
Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
The national debt, back in 1977, stood at around £4 billion. By 1981, under a Fianna Fáil Government, it had trebled to £12 billion, and as we are always reminded in this House, it doubled between 1983 and 1987.
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