Written answers

Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Departmental Bodies Expenditure

Photo of Derek NolanDerek Nolan (Galway West, Labour)
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179. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the total cost of providing interpreters to the Labour Court, per year, from 2007 to the recent year most readily available; if he will provide, in tabular form, the representative bodies or persons with the highest number of requests for the provision of said services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29005/13]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The Labour Court is an independent statutory body under the aegis of my Department. As an independent quasi-judicial body, I have no role in the day-to-day exercise of its functions. I am informed that the total cost of providing interpreters for the Labour Court, per year, from 2007 to 2012 was as set out in the following table.

Year
Cost (€)
2007
Nil
2008
1,595.40
2009
3,129.78
2010
1,960.40
2011
2,555.85
2012
3,049.00
Total
12,290.43

I am informed that the Labour Court does not have specific records in relation to the representative bodies or persons with the highest number of requests for the provision of interpreter services for the period in question.

Photo of Derek NolanDerek Nolan (Galway West, Labour)
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180. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the total cost of providing interpreters to the Equality Tribunal, per year, from 2007 to the recent year most readily available; if he will provide, in tabular form, the representative bodies or persons with the highest number of requests for the provision of said services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29006/13]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The Equality Tribunal is an independent statutory body under the aegis of my Department. As an independent quasi-judicial body, I have no role in the day-to-day exercise of its functions.

I am informed that the total cost of providing interpreters for the Equality Tribunal, per year, from 2007 to 2012 was as set out in the following table.

Year
Cost (€)
2007
6,234.19
2008
14,720.72
2009
12,531.49
2010
27,899.71
2011
38,452.01
2012
36,940.24
Total
136,778.36

I am informed that the Equality Tribunal does not have specific records in relation to the representative bodies or persons with the highest number of requests for the provision of interpreter services for the period in question.

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