271. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the total expenditure by her Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years. [62954/26]

There are three bodies under the aegis of my Department; the Army Pensions Board, the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces and the External Oversight Body of the Defence Forces (EOB), which was placed on a Statutory basis on 1 December 2024.

The total expenditure incurred by my Department and the bodies under its aegis is set out below: