asked the Minister for Finance the amount of debt outstanding in different currencies for repayment in 1980, 1981 and 1982 in the context of a forecast of foreign debts service cost from 1980 to 1982.

Since the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.

Principal repayments due on Exchequer foreign debt outstanding on 30 September 1979.

The exchange rates used to construct this table are the mid-closing rates of the Central Bank of Ireland on 28 September 1979, viz.: One Irish Pound = 2.134 US Dollars, 3.7165 Deutsche Marks, 0.97 Pounds Sterling, 4.1133 Dutch Guilders, 3.3024 Swiss Francs, 60.22 Belgian and Luxembourg Francs, 1.225 European Units of Account, 0.586 Kuwaiti Dinar, and 478.12 Japanese Yen.