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Taxpayers fork out €1.5million for interpreters to translate in courts last year

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The annual Courts Service report shows the spend on foreign language interpreters soared by 50% in two years

Taxpayers forked out €1.5million for interpreters to translate in our courts last year, new figures show.Funding for the translation service came to €1,499,021 in 2019, compared to €1,322,820 in 2018 and €1,038,000 in 2017.

It said: “The service continues to bear translation and interpretation costs to enable Irish speaking court users conduct cases in Irish, in appropriate cases.Sign-up for the Irish Mirror newsletter Sign up for our newsletter today! Every day we'll send you a roundup e-mail of all the latest news. Local Irish news, UK and international news, local and national Sport and entertainment news , all in one handy e-mail.

 

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