Ms Deirdre Shanley:

In terms of the responsibility our contractors such as Seetec have towards the provision of services through Irish, all of our contractors who provide services on behalf of the Department have the same responsibilities in terms of our commitments under the official language scheme and the Irish language scheme. If those offices are in Gaeltacht areas they must have the capacity to provide service in Irish and I understand that they do where they are located in Gaeltacht areas.