John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 361: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount which has been spent by his Department in bringing into effect the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003. [30528/05]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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Prior to the enactment of the Official Languages Act 2003, my Department was already making a range of departmental publications available bilingually including the Department's statement of strategy and customer charter. It also had bilingual stationery and placed public advertisements in both languages. Therefore, implementation of the Act in these areas involves no extra costs for my Department.

The total amount spent by my Department arising directly from the implementation of the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003 is approximately €15,000 which has been met from within my Department's existing budget.