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| | 1993 Country Reports on Economic Practice and Trade Reports: IRELAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | As of June 1993, 12.6 percent of Ireland's foreign debt was denominated in dollars, 36.0 percent was in German marks, 22.0 percent was in Swiss francs, 10.3 percent in Japanese yen, 5.5 percent in European currency units (ECU), and lesser amounts in Dutch guilders, British sterling, Belgian francs, and Austrian schillings. |
 | | In 1991, Ireland implemented EU regulations which require broadcasters to reserve a majority of broadcasting time for European works and to reserve at least 10 percent of transmission time or budget for independently produced European programs. |
 | | Most terms and conditions of employment in Ireland are determined through collective bargaining, which took place in 1991 in the context of a national economic pact (Program for Economic and Social Progress or PESP) negotiated by representatives of Irish unions, employers, farmers and the government. |
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