From January 1999 until September 2001, the payslips of established civil servants in my Department showed the euro equivalent of the net pay figure, with other amounts being shown in Irish pounds. Since September the system is reversed and all figures on the payslips are in euro with an Irish pound equivalent shown for the net pay figure. The payslips of industrial employees will be in Irish pounds up to the end of December and in euro from January onwards. Technical difficulties, arising from the amount of allowances and deductions involved and the current IT system, make it impossible to show the euro figures earlier than this.