NEW FIGURES HAVE shown that just 47.1% of holders of Irish Government bonds are Irish residents.

Out of these 92% were held with credit institutions and the Central Bank of Ireland.

It was also found that the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by Irish firms and the Government has decreased by 4% compared to last year.

It puts the figure for the outstanding debt securities at €862.1 billion.

Compared to the same time last year, market-based debt financing for the banking sector increased by 1% to €69.8 billion.

Equity securities saw a 20% year-on-year increase to €20.9 billion. This was largely put down to valuation changes.

The new information released by the Central Bank today also shows the nominal value of outstanding government bonds to stand at €112 billion.

The figures were taken for July 2014 and were largely unchanged from the previous month.

In the next five years, 30% of the outstanding Government bonds will mature. Just under a quarter of resident holders fall within this category, while 36% of non resident holders will see their bonds mature.

Maturity of 31% of the long-term bonds held by non-resident investors will take place from 2023 onwards. These will be worth €18.3 billion.

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