Irish Language

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 March 2014

Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Questions (143)

John Deasy

Question:

143. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's expenditure in translating and printing Irish language publications, documents, advertisements, notices and bilingual signage in each of the past three years. [11053/14]

Written answers

Minister for Justice and Equality

I wish to inform the Deputy that the details of expenditure incurred in translating and printing Irish language publications, documents, advertisements, notices and bilingual signage during the period 2011 to 2013 are detailed below.

Year	Translation and/or Printing Costs	Amount
2013	Department's Annual Report	1,083
	Victim Impact Statement Leaflet	450
	Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime 2012 Annual Report	263
	Hallowe'en Public Information Notice (Fireworks)	1,310
	Irish Signage Audit	1,008
	Rules of Court	2,483
	White Paper on Crime	5,305
	Department's Appropriation Accounts	283
	Transfer of Sentenced Persons Annual Report, Inspector of Prisons Annual Report and various Visiting Committee Annual Reports	3,225
	Replacement of outdated signage arising from the provision of new reception facilities at the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS)	*2,902
2012	Department's Annual Report	1,624
	Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime 2011 Annual Report	444
	Hallowe'en Public Information Notice (Fireworks)	1,310
	Rules of Court	13,173
	European Parliament Regulations	519
	Department's Appropriation Accounts	182
	Transfer of Sentenced Persons Annual Report, Inspector of Prisons Annual Report and various Visiting Committee Annual Reports	5,900
	Parole Board Annual Reports	239
2011	Department's Output Statement	376
	Department's Strategy Statement	273
	Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime 2010 Annual Report	459
	Hallowe'en Public Information Notice (Fireworks)	1,310
	New Signage on Buildings following Department's name change	2,253
	Rules of Court	15,871
	Public Notices inviting attendance at public consultations on Universal Periodic Review	2,784
	Statutory Instrument No 652 of 2010	350
	EUCPN website material	27
	Department's Appropriation Accounts	285
	Transfer of Sentenced Persons Annual Report, Inspector of Prisons Annual Report and various Visiting Committee Annual Reports	10,246
	Parole Board Annual Reports	237

I can assure the Deputy that while my Department does engage outside translators on occasion, as much translation work as possible is undertaken by an in-house translator and other staff members who are proficient in Irish. Examples of documents translated by Departmental staff include Rules of Court, Statutory Instruments, forms, website pages, correspondence, etc. In relation to INIS, the Deputy may wish to note the translation of publications and documents into Irish constitutes a small element of the costs of translation generally. In regard to their specific translation costs I am to inform the Deputy that it is not possible to provide a breakdown of costs by language.

* Signage was a mixture of bilingual and pictorial. It is not possible to provide a breakdown in costs between the two different types.