Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Tuilleadh gearrtha siar. Some 1.5% of the staff in the Department of Education and Skills are proficient in the Irish language, the key Department in the transmission of Irish.

What legislation is used in Wales if the civil service or the public service is recruiting? How do they ensure there is a suitable number of staff proficient in the Welsh language to deliver services? Does the commissioner have any thoughts on the matter? What are the carrots and sticks she can use? How does she encourage organisations to participate fully and live up to their responsibilities under the language Act? If they do not play ball with her, what are the sanctions she can impose on them?