Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of translating all State documents into Irish; the cost of printing same; if a proposal for storing these electronically and printing as required has been investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43416/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The amounts expended for translation into Irish in 2008 and to date in 2009 are as follows: 2008 - €11,127.99 2009 - €10,818.37 The information sought by the Deputy in respect of printing costs is not available as costs of printing in Irish are not separately identifiable - a single price is usually given where documents are bilingual. My Department is increasingly using e-publishing where this is feasible. For example, the Department's recently published Annual Report for 2008 is published in electronic format only.