Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 414: To ask the Minister for Defence 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [43410/09]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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In 2008 and to date in 2009, my Department has spent a total of €14,199.56 on translation of documents in order to fulfil the requirements of the Official Languages Act 2003. As the printing costs for combined Irish language / English language documents are not disaggregated by language, the specific printing costs of the Irish language elements are unavailable.

In line with good business practice, my Department constantly strives to minimise the number of copies of printed documents that it creates. In order to reduce demand for printed copies, corporate documents are published electronically on my Department's website. My Department will continue to seek out further opportunities for reducing the amount of printed documentation that it produces.