The National Treasury Management Agency says it plans to use short term funding instruments rather than bonds to meet Ireland's funding requirements next year.
It says the level of funding required is likely to be very limited given the expected 3.2 billion euro exchequer surplus.
This year the NTMA issued some 1.2 billion euros in bonds. Ireland's national debt is currently less than 37 billion euros, and it has one of the EU's lowest debt/GDP ratios of around 39%
