DUBLIN, May 8 (Reuters) - Ireland's growing debt burden is a problem and needs to be managed in negotiations with European partners, the country's central bank governor said on Sunday.
'The fact of the heavy debt and the growth of that debt is a serious problem and needs to be managed in discussion and in negotiation with our European partners,' Patrick Honohan told state broadcaster RTE.
'If things don't go well in terms of economic growth it will be much more difficult (to deal with the debt burden) ... in that case there will be a problem and in order to cope with that situation we need to think of better financial arrangements with Europe.
'We need to think of risk-sharing arrangements that would ensure that the growth will come right.'
(Reporting by Carmel Crimmins; Editing by Hans Peters) Keywords: IRELAND CENTRALBANK/ (carmel.crimmins@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: carmel.crimmins.reuters.com@reuters.net; +353 1 500 1529) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
'The fact of the heavy debt and the growth of that debt is a serious problem and needs to be managed in discussion and in negotiation with our European partners,' Patrick Honohan told state broadcaster RTE.
'If things don't go well in terms of economic growth it will be much more difficult (to deal with the debt burden) ... in that case there will be a problem and in order to cope with that situation we need to think of better financial arrangements with Europe.
'We need to think of risk-sharing arrangements that would ensure that the growth will come right.'
(Reporting by Carmel Crimmins; Editing by Hans Peters) Keywords: IRELAND CENTRALBANK/ (carmel.crimmins@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: carmel.crimmins.reuters.com@reuters.net; +353 1 500 1529) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
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