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Ireland Official Title: Ireland General Information: Capital Population (million) 4n.9/a0 Total Area 70,280 km² Currency 1 CAN$=0.6613 EURO (EUR) (2018 - Annual average) National Holiday March 17, Saint Patrick's Day Language(s) English, Irish (Gaelic)

Political Information: Type of State Republic Type of Government Parliamentary democracy. National Parliament () consists of the President and two houses: Dáil Éireann (House of Representatives, 166 seats) and Seanad Éireann (Senate, 60 seats) with powers and functions derived from the (enacted July 1st 1937). Each House has power under its Standing Orders to form Committees for specific Bilateral Product trade purposes. The Prime Minister (leader of the majority party or coalition) is nominated by the Canada - Ireland House of Representatives and appointed by the President. 5000 4000 Balance 3000 Head of State Head of Government 2000 Can.

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() (T.D.) l Can. Michael D. Higgins l i 0 Imports M -1000 Total Trade Ministers: Foreign Affairs and Trade: (T.D.) -2000 Finance: (T.D.) -3000 Business, Enterprise and Innovation: (T.D) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Statistics Canada Main Political Parties (FG); (Lab); Fianna Fáil (FF); Sinn Féin (SF); Solidarity, Green. Canadian Imports from: Ireland House of Representatives (158): FG (35), Lab (6), FF (38), SF (37), Solidarity (5), Independents (19), Green (12), Other (8) C hemical Pro d.

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M ach. M ech. Elec. Prod . M ineral Prod . Elections: Pnre/asident (7 year term) : next in 2025. Senate members, House of Rep. (both 5 year term): next in 2025. A nimal & Prod . 2019 B ase M et al Prod. Economic Information: (2018) IMF Statistics Canada Ireland Canada GDP: (billion) $484n./0a2 $2,222.58 Canadian Exports GDP per capita: $98,829n./3a4 $60,078.85 to: Ireland GDP Growth rate: (%) 6n.8/a1 1.83 C hemical Pro d . Inflation: (%) 0n.7/a2 2.24 M ineral Pro d . Unemployment: (%) 5n.6/a9 5.83 V eg. Pro d . Product Trade and Investment: (2019) Statistics Canada M ach. M ech. Elec. Canadian Exports: $843,089,4n5/a8 Prod. Canadian Imports: $3,019,230,4n4/a2 V ehicles and Eq uip . Foreign Direct Investment in Canada (2018) $8,0n9/a4 (million) F ood Pro d . 2019 Canadian Direct Investment to country (2018) $9,9n6/a9 (million) B ase M et al Pro d . Statistics Canada Representation: Sources: Statistics/Industry Canada Foreign Representation in Canada http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/Home Ambassador Jim Kelly IMF http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28 Canadian Representation Abroad

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