Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 12, lines 23 and 24, to delete “or, in the English language, the Judicial Appointments Commission”.

This follows up on some of the amendments made in the Official Languages Act. Amendment No. 3 would remove "or, in the English language, the Judicial Appointments Commission”.

Amendment No. 4 follows on from the theme of the Official Languages Act. It seeks to get rid of the English language version of the commission's name by deleting the reference to "Commission" where it secondly occurs and substituting it with "Coimisiún".

Amendment No. 5, inserts "members who shall be competent to conduct their functions through the medium of Irish" on page 12. This would impose an obligation on lay members to speak Irish.

Amendment No. 9 would remove the English language name from the Bill. We believe it is important for such commissions to use the Irish language name where appropriate. I am aware Deputy Pringle has a similar amendment.