Detailed breakdowns of translation costs for each Northern Ireland Government Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies for each of the last four years are provided in the following tables.
£ 2002-03 Department Total 2002-03 Irish Ulster-Scots Ethnic1 Sign Other2 DHSSPS 95,620.11 89,152.86 0.00 6,467.25 0.00 0.00 NIO 123,150.11 679.36 413.00 121,790.75 85.00 182.00 DE 98,993.67 35,521.79 0.00 58,497.63 599.70 4,374.55 DETI 987.68 176.02 0.00 811.66 0.00 0.00 DEL 4,726.86 655.00 0.00 719.90 3,351.96 0.00 OFMDFM 43,176.87 26,208.99 7,415.50 2,522.00 1,528.00 5,502.38 DOE 296.50 154.50 0.00 0.00 142.00 0.00 DSD 18,183.86 57.50 0.00 16,836.02 1,290.34 0.00 DFP 177.17 177.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 DCAL 39,718.86 38,061.61 149.85 495.00 1,012.40 0.00 DARD 981.49 310.89 0.00 670.60 0.00 0.00 DRD 3— 3— 3— 3— 3— 3— Total 426,013.18 191,155.69 7,978.35 208,810.81 8,009.40 10,058.93
£ Department Total 2003-04 Irish Ulster-Scots Ethnic1 Sign Other2 NIO 115,001.83 687.38 0.00 111,583.79 2,730.66 0.00 DE 119,929.38 22,963.22 69.95 96,780.01 104.20 12.00 DARD 1,305.36 76.59 0.00 1,175.78 0.00 52.99 DEL 11,039.00 0.00 1,028.00 9,028.70 104.20 878.10 DETI 3,697.68 2,075.93 0.00 523.93 120.11 977.71 DFP 1,898.45 1,060.13 0.00 838.32 0.00 0.00 DHSSPS 31,466.55 29,305.80 0.00 2,160.75 0.00 0.00 DOE 74.95 74.95 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 DRD 539.04 195.00 134.04 210.00 0.00 0.00 DSD 53,913.74 482.50 0.00 52,556.86 874.38 0.00 OFMDFM 22,505.61 4,764.15 354.00 1,375.51 15,734.65 277.30 DCAL 53,652.58 51,593.12 444.50 1,350.00 264.96 0.00 Total 415,024.17 113,278.77 2,030.49 277,583.65 19,933.16 2,198.10
£ Department Total 2004-05 Irish Ulster-Scots Ethnic1 Sign Other2 NIO 257,878.70 2,058.69 558.06 158,670.32 4,161.52 92,430.11 DE 37,416.37 24,554.49 0.00 9,800.30 3,061.58 0.00 DARD 1,370.98 311.90 0.00 1,059.08 0.00 0.00 DEL 12,557.82 0.00 0.00 50.00 2,654.63 9,853.19 DETI 3,603.36 309.97 45.50 1,740.01 1,507.88 0.00 DFP 1,958.86 625.06 295.54 715.11 102.34 220.81 DHSSPS 13,515.01 9,592.76 0.00 152.75 0.00 3,769.50 DOE 724.02 109.02 225.00 390.00 0.00 0.00 DRD 3,798.99 338.24 0.00 0.00 3,108.24 352.51 DSD 112,612.59 251.39 0.00 98,092.67 3,154.70 11,113.83 OFMDFM 1,695.36 494.36 0.00 1,195.00 0.00 6.00 DCAL 37,403.23 28,575.59 568.71 5,425.00 2,833.93 0.00 Total 484,535.29 67,221.47 1,692.81 277,290.24 20,584.82 117,745.95
£ Department Total 2005-06 Irish Ulster- Scots Ethnic1 Sign Other2 NIO 527,454.57 480.76 0.00 510,893.87 16,079.94 0.00 DE 37,827.10 19,349.27 0.00 14,094.27 3,559.65 823.91 DARD 5,076.85 3,192.16 95.89 1,590.00 0.00 198.80 DEL 232,064.00 0.00 0.00 230,841.00 1,223.00 0.00 DETI 7,510.19 390.89 0.00 5,430.59 1,611.17 77.54 DFP 1,498.03 899.73 0.00 180.00 356.50 61.80 DHSSPS 27,262.66 8,974.00 0.00 17,545.66 0.00 743.00 DOE 16,330.78 7,290.06 7,931.62 309.10 800.00 0.00 DRD 546.04 436.04 0.00 110.00 0.00 0.00 DSD 309,871.19 0.00 0.00 308,602.40 561.00 707.79 OFMDFM 24,081.60 2,740.77 515.36 15,210.47 4,291.60 1,323.40 DCAL 25,183.92 20,801.17 783.40 1,535.90 532.30 1,531.15 Total 1,214,706.93 64,554.85 9,326.27 1,106,343.26 29,015.16 5,467.39 1 Ethnic refers to translations other than English, Irish and Ulster-Scots. 2 Other refers to Braille and interpretation costs. 3 Nil return.
It is not possible to define all the reasons for the year-on-year changes in the costs of translations or to supply a comprehensive breakdown of the nature of the services provided. However, it is apparent that the volume of Irish language translations has fallen following the dissolution of the Assembly while EU enlargement and the increased immigrant population has seen a significant increase in the volume of ethnic language translations. The level of Ulster-Scots translations has remained fairly static over the period.