Ms Deirdre Shanley:

Yes we are confident that we can provide a service through Irish throughout our offices. Our Intreo centres, which deliver services throughout our divisions and regions, have identified staff who can provide a face-to-face service through Irish and who can provide a telephone service. Our centralised offices, which are based in places such as Sligo, Carrick-on-Shannon and Longford, also have staff available to provide services through Irish. Within the Department we have a list of all of the staff who are available to provide those services. They are available to answer any queries.