Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Údarás, as the Deputy said, is already in the regulations. In the case of An Coimisinéir Teanga agus Foras na Gaeilge, that should also be looked at in the context of the regulations, and I will have a look at that.

The language planning officers sit within each of the local authorities, so they should be, and are, part of the development plan. In counties Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Cork, Meath and Waterford and our six Gaeltacht regions, Irish language planning officers throughout the country are part of the local authority itself. In respect of An Coimisinéir Teanga agus Foras na Gaeilge, I will look at them in the context of the regulations and revert to the Deputy before Report Stage.