Written answers
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Department of Education and Skills
Departmental Expenditure
Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department and any body under her aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and organisation in the years 2020 to 1 November 2025, in tabular form. [66076/25]
Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The Association of Translators and Interpreters Ireland is a professional association representing the interests of practising translators and interpreters in Ireland. My department has engaged the services of some of the listed translators that they represent. A breakdown of spend these individual translators is not presently available but will be shared with the Deputy this once it is compiled.
The most recent aggregate figures available for total expenditure on Irish language translations services for all service providers to the Department of Education and Youth is detailed in the following table.
| Year | Amount |
|---|---|
Year | Amount |
| 2020 | €271,472.09 |
| 2021 | €297,005.59 |
| 2022 | €238,400.81 |
| 2023 | €225,953.68 |
| 2024 | €226,225.50 |
| 2025 | €87,153.66 (as of 14 May 2025) |
Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department and any body under her aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and organisation in the years 2020 to 1 November 2025, in tabular form. [66094/25]
Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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While the department has used translations.com for Irish translation services, among other service providers, details of spend with this particular provider are not currently available. A breakdown of spend with translations.com will be shared with the Deputy this once it is compiled.
The most recent aggregate figures available for total expenditure on Irish language translations services for all service providers to the Department of Education and Youth is detailed in the following table.
| Year | Amount |
|---|---|
Year | Amount |
| 2020 | €271,472.09 |
| 2021 | €297,005.59 |
| 2022 | €238,400.81 |
| 2023 | €225,953.68 |
| 2024 | €226,225.50 |
| 2025 | €87,153.66 (as of 14 May 2025) |
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