Dáil Éireann - Volume 363 - 22 January, 1986

Written Answers. - National and Foreign Debt.

158. Mr. O'Kennedy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of (a) the national debt and (b) the accumulated foreign debt as of 31 December 1985.

Minister for Finance (Mr. Dukes): The national debt at 31 December 1985 is estimated to have been £20.4 billion, of which £8.4 billion was accumulated foreign debt.