Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 1 November 2006, the cost of the translation work carried out by staff in his Department referred to in the reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36558/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Translation into Irish of Budget documents is just one of many tasks involved in the production of the annual Budget. In so far as work is carried out by the staff of my Department, no separate costings are prepared for individual tasks. Accordingly, it is not possible to provide a costing of the translation work on Budget documents carried out by my Department's staff. All such translation work for the Budget is conducted through Gaeleagras na Seirbhíse Poiblí, the cost of which is met from within the Vote for my Department. Furthermore, the cost of Gaeleagras would have to be borne on the Vote whether or not any internal translation work was carried out for the Budget.