Department of Education spent only £1,000 producing material in Irish

Only a thousand pounds was spent by the Department of Education producing material in Irish over the past three years, it's emerged.
By Kevin Mullan
Published 22nd Jun 2020, 15:22 BST
In 2018/19 the Department of Education spent 36 producing material in Irish.In 2018/19 the Department of Education spent 36 producing material in Irish.
In 2018/19 the Department of Education spent 36 producing material in Irish.

In one of those years, 2018/19, the total expenditure was only £36.

Education Minister Peter Weir outlined the spending details in response to the TUV MLA Jim Allister who asked how much the Department of Education spent "producing material in Irish".

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Mr. Weir said that in each of the last three complete financial years the expenditure had been as follows: 2017/18 - £524.44; 2018/19 - £36.35; and in 2019/20 - £482.56.

In total £1043.35 was spent by DE.

Related topics:Department of EducationPeter WeirJim Allister