Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 June 2021
318. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated costs of translating the White Paper on Ending Direct Provision into Irish, Albanian, Arabic, French, Georgian, Somali and Urdu; the service providers contracted for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30307/21]
View answerA White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service, was published on 26 February 2021, along with translations of the Executive Summary into Irish, Albanian, Arabic, French, Georgian, Somali and Urdu. The service provider was Word Perfect, with whom my Department has a contract, and the cost including VAT was €3,780.65. These translations were designed to ensure that the White Paper would be accessible to a wide range of international protection applicants.
The Deputy can access these translated summaries on my Department's website, www.gov.ie/dcediy, and also on, www.gov.ie/en/publication/7aad0-minister-ogorman-publishes-the-white-paper-on-ending-direct-provision/.
