Funding and Debt Management

Gross National Debt at end-August 2021

In this section of the website you will find information about Ireland’s debt profile and the NTMA’s short and long-term borrowing programmes. This section also contains information about the Irish economy and the public finances as well as some useful links to other official sources of information.

• Additional Information

  • In addition to its core functions of borrowing for the Exchequer and debt management, the NTMA Funding and Debt Management Unit performs a number of other functions:

    • carrying out treasury operations on behalf of the National Asset Management Agency and the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund;
    • providing a Central Treasury Service for State bodies and local authorities;
    • managing the assets of the Dormant Accounts Fund;
    • operating the Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) Scheme 2009;
    • management of State Savings – the brand name used to describe the range of Government savings products offered by the NTMA to personal savers;
    • engaging in daily short-term cash management operations to regulate the level of Government cash balances at the Central Bank of Ireland. This is undertaken as part of the overall management of liquidity in the eurozone by the European Central Bank; and
    • purchasing carbon credits on behalf of Ireland as part of Ireland’s response to its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol.
    • Ireland-Apple Escrow Fund: oversight of the investment and management of the Escrow Fund, in accordance with certain functions delegated by the Minister for Finance to the NTMA and complying with related Ministerial directions.