'general government' means the totality of institutional units which, in addition to fulfilling their political responsibilities and their role of economic regulation, produce principally non-market services (possibly goods) for individual or collective consumption and redistribute income and wealth;
ciallaíonn 'rialtas ginearálta' iomlán na n-aonad institiúideach a tháirgeann seirbhísí neamh-mhargaidh den chuid is mó (b'fhéidir earraí) lena dtomhailt ar bhonn aonair nó comhchoiteann agus a athdháileann ioncam agus rachmas anuas ar a bhfreagrachtaí polaitiúla agus a ról maidir le rialú eacnamaíoch a chomhlíonadh;