Holdings of Irish Long-Term Government Bonds Publication date: 11 March 2024 Key Points: The nominal value outstanding of government bonds was €142.9 billion at the end of December 2023. Within the next five years, €47.4 billion of government bonds will mature. Estimated non-resident holdings was €71.6 billion at the end of December. Credit Institutions and the Central Bank account for the largest amount of Irish-resident holdings, at €66.4 billion. This equates to 93.1 per cent of the resident total. Chart 1: Breakdown of Holders of Irish Government Bonds Chart 2: Total Outstanding Amount of Irish Resident Holders excluding Credit Institutions and the Central Bank, by Sector, December 2023 Dataset and Explanatory Notes Holdings of Irish Government Long-Term Bonds | xls 1509 KB Holdings of Irish Government Long-term Bonds Explanatory Notes | pdf 426 KB Explore Holdings of Irish Long-Term Government Bonds in Open Data Format