Written answers
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
Departmental Expenditure
9:00 pm
Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 158: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of money that has been spent by the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces in preparing, publishing and printing its annual report in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 including design, consultancy and any associated costs; and the amount of this that was spent on producing the same report in the Irish language. [19587/12]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The following table provides a breakdown of the Annual Report printing and publishing costs in the years 2007 to 2010 by the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces.
| Cost Items | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Number of Reports | 2,000 | 1,500 | 1,600 | 1,800 |
| Design | €4,900.00 | €5,850.00 | €3,250.72 | €4,000.00 |
| Printing and Production | €14,550.00 | €18,035.00 | €12,809.00 | €13,160.00 |
| Translation | €2,060.00 | €3,030.00 | €3,855.07 | €2,607.00 |
| Project Management | €3,920.40 | €1,400.00 | €0.00 | €1,000.00 |
| Editing, Compilation and Proof Reading | €4,791.60 | €8,784.00 | €6,415.00 | €9,425.90 * |
| Sundry Costs (including couriers, photography etc.) | €850.35 | €1,140.40 | €449.55 | €1,095.50 |
| Total Cost | €31,072.35 | €38,239.40 | €26,779.34 | €31,288.40 |
*Including Four Year Review of ODF
The amount of outlay attributable to producing the ODF Annual Reports in the Irish language is as follows:
| Cost Items | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Cost of producing the Irish Version of the ODF Annual Report | €11,785.00 | €14,972.50 | €11,884.93 | €11,187.00 |
This cost is calculated based on half of the cost of 'Design' and 'Printing and Production' together with the full 'Translation' cost.
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