Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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101. To ask the Minister for Finance the cash balance held by the National Treasury Management Agency when the Government took office in March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38782/15]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has advised that total Exchequer cash and other financial assets stood at €25.2 billion at end-February 2011, of which €21.5 billion was in the form of readily accessible Exchequer cash and other short-term investment balances.

The end-February 2011 position reflected EU-IMF Programme drawdowns of over €14 billion in the first two months of 2011.

At end-October 2015 total Exchequer cash and other financial assets stood at €16.9 billion, of which €14.2 billion was in the form of readily accessible Exchequer cash and other short-term investment balances.