1.   Cash reserves have been savaged by massive rises in social security benefits because of ever-growing dole queues and interest repayments on debt.

2.   He was Minister at the Department when the Government halved help with mortgage interest repayments for the newly unemployed.

3.   The main reason lay in the rising level of interest repayments home owners had to make.

4.   Despite their unexpected court victory, the couple are still close to financial ruin, as the bank demands crippling interest repayments.

5.   Kleo-Thong said the current account deficit was affected by a fall in service sector revenues, as well as a weak export performance and interest repayments.