Its predicted to be around €38 billion.
Its claimed that most of the forecast national debt is a "legacy of the financial crisis".
Finance Minister, Pascal Donohoe, has told the national economic dialogue that government debt will stand at close to a quarter of a trillion euro by the end of the year.
The Irish Times reports that Taoiseach Micheál Martin told the same event State expenditure over the last year or so on foot of the pandemic - of about €38 billion - was “not sustainable”.
Prof. Seamus Coffey is a Lecturer at the Dept. of Economics, at UCC, and a former chair of the Fiscal Advisory Council.
He joined Clem Ryan on Wednesday's edition of Kildare Today:
Kildare Parents Demand Action Over Lack of School Places for Children with Additional Needs
PNA Suspends Industrial Action Following HSE Agreement
Mick O'Dwyer Tribute: Re-Live Kildare's 1998 Leinster Football Final Win Over Meath
Calls Reiterated For Enhanced GP Services In Ballymore Eustace
Newbridge Charity Issues Urgent Appeal For Food Donations
Fergal Dunne of Naas Macra To Represent Kildare In 2025 Mr Personality Contest
Kildare Among Top Counties for Early Childhood Education
Irish Farmers’ Association To Host CAP Event In Kildare Next Month
