Written answers
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Department of An Taoiseach
National Debt
Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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50. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the national debt on the national balance sheet (details supplied), and the other debts classified within the Government sector for national debt by Department adding up to the overall debt. [35988/17]
Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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The following table shows a breakdown, at the end of 2016, of General Government Debt, including National Debt as managed by the NTMA, other Central Government bodies and Local Government. A breakdown by Central Government Department is not available as the data is not collected or compiled on this basis.
Reconciliation of National Debt to General Government Debt
| - | € million |
|---|---|
| Description | 2016 |
| Audited National Debt | 185,604 |
| Reverse deduction of liquid assets plus other Maastricht definitional adjustments | 12,845 |
| Unconsolidated Exchequer Debt (Maastricht definition) | 198,449 |
| of which: Liabilities to other Central Government bodies | 3,987 |
| Exchequer contribution to Central Government debt (A) | 194,463 |
| HFA contribution to General Government debt (B) | 261 |
| Other Central Government bodies contribution to General Government Debt (C) | 5,198 |
| of which: | |
| IBRC Consolidated | 698 |
| Liabilities of Post Office Savings Bank Fund to Post Office Savings Bank | 2,919 |
| Health Service Executive and Voluntary Hospitals | 127 |
| National Oil Reserves Agency | 15 |
| Westlink buyout: imputed loan from National Toll Roads to National Roads Authority | 171 |
| All other bodies | 1,267 |
| Local Government contribution to General Government debt (D) | 674 |
| General Government Debt = A + B + C + D | 200,596 |
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