Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to his Department, in each year since its introduction, of implementing the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3414/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The costs of providing services through Irish are met from my Department's Administrative Budget and cannot readily be distinguished from the cost of providing services generally. Accordingly the information sought by the Deputy could not be compiled without the application of a disproportionate amount of staff time and resources.