Dáil Éireann - Volume 318 - 20 February, 1980

Written Answers. - National Debt.

460. Mr. B. Desmond asked the Minister for Finance the national debt as a percentage of GNP for each year 1977, 1978 and 1979.

Minister for Finance (Mr. O'Kennedy): The data requested are as follows: 1977——79 per cent; 1978——83 per cent; 1979——88 per cent (preliminary estimate).