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State Agency A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government The machinery of government (sometimes abbreviated as MoG) is the interconnected structures and proc ...

of the

Department of Finance A ministry of finance is a part of the government in most countries that is responsible for matters related to the finance. Lists of current ministries of finance Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Finance (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Finance and Ec ...

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Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

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, footnotes = , map = , map_width = , map_caption = The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) ( ga, Gníomhaireacht Bainistíochta an Chisteáin Náisiúnta) is the agency that manages the assets and liabilities of the

Government of Ireland The Government of Ireland ( ga, Rialtas na hÉireann) is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in Ireland. The Constitution of Ireland vests executive authority in a government which is headed by the , the head of government. The governm ...

. It was established on 1 December 1990 to borrow for the Central Fund and manage the

national debt A country's gross government debt (also called public debt, or sovereign debt) is the financial liabilities of the government sector. Changes in government debt over time reflect primarily borrowing due to past government deficits. A deficit oc ...

. Since then it has been expanded greatly, for example it now manages the National Pensions Reserve Fund and acts as

's agent for the purchase of

carbon credits A carbon credit is a generic term for any tradable certificate or permit representing the right to emit a set amount of carbon dioxide or the equivalent amount of a different greenhouse gas (tCO2e). Carbon credits and carbon markets are a compo ...

. The National Asset Management Agency was established in December 2009 under the aegis of the agency to handle the

Irish financial crisis The post-2008 Irish economic downturn in the Republic of Ireland, coincided with a series of banking scandals, followed the 1990s and 2000s Celtic Tiger period of rapid real economic growth fuelled by foreign direct investment, a subsequent ...

and the deflation of the Irish property bubble.

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF)

The NTMA also handles the €8.1 billion Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), a sovereign wealth fund established on 22 December 2014.

References

External links

Official website
Politics of the Republic of Ireland Economy of the Republic of Ireland Public finance of Ireland {{Republic-of-Ireland-politics-stub

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF)

See also

References

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