Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will outline some of the actions since 2015 in relation to that report. The Department’s language scheme does not provide for the exclusive use of Irish in Gaeltacht placenames. The Department, in line with the language scheme, ensures that official placenames of Gaeltacht areas are used as the default for corporate purposes. In the design phase of the Eircode system, Capita, supported by the Department, engaged with Foras na Gaeilge and Conradh na Gaeilge to ensure compliance with all statutory obligations regarding the Irish language. The Department also put in place the necessary arrangements to ensure that the official placenames of Gaeltacht areas were used as a default for official purposes. Compliance with the Official Languages Act, the Place Names (Irish Forms) Act and placenames orders was also part of that and that extends to Capita’s operation of the Eircode system and its quarterly dissemination of Eircodes. If someone searches for a placename in a Gaeltacht area with the Eircode finder website tool, it will default to the Irish version of the address. There has been and continues to be ongoing engagement with Coimisiún na Logainmneacha and GeoDirectory in order to ensure that Irish placenames are kept up to date and regularly updated. I will bring in Mr. King on this in case there is anything I missed. He was in the Department throughout this process.