Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 405: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of reports, documents and memoranda in his Department that have been translated into Irish since the commencement of the 30th Dáil; if he will give a breakdown of the reports and the cost per document of the translation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47553/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The information is not readily available in the format requested by the Deputy. However the following information is currently to hand.

For period from June 14 2007 until end 2007 a total of 101 payments relating to translations were processed by my Department at a combined cost of €124,723.59. Of these payments one was for a figure exceeding €10k, four were for amounts greater than €5k but less than €10k and twenty-four for amounts greater than €1k but less than €5k. All other payments were for amounts less than €1,000. For 2008 A total of 139 payments relating to translations were processed by my Department at a combined cost of €156,060.40. Of these payments two were for a figure exceeding €10k, two were for amounts greater than €5k but less than €10k and twenty-nine for amounts greater than €1k but less than €5k. All other payments were for amounts less than €1,000. For 2009 A total of 84 payments relating to translations have, or are in the process of being processed, by my Department at a combined cost of €146,138.71. Of these payments one was for a figure exceeding €10k, five relate to amounts greater than €5k but less than €10k and twenty-four for amounts greater than €1k but less than €5k. All other payments relate to amounts less than €1,000. It should be noted that in a number of cases individual payments relate to multiple translations.