Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 September 2011

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Questions (174)

Robert Dowds

Question:

202 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money spent producing Government reports in both Irish and English on a yearly basis. [25416/11]

Written answers

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Deputy Brendan Howlin)

Following clarification with the Deputy's office I understand that the information being sought is the total expenditure by my Department on translations from English into Irish for 2010. Expenditure in relation to translation costs in 2010 for my Department are covered by material provided by the Department of Finance in respect of that year, given that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was not officially established until last July.