Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Amendments Nos. 4 and 9 propose to completely remove the English language title of the commission and the office from the Bill. Given the fact that the Bill is entirely in English, it would be out of step with the Bill as presented in the English language. As to section 8, the amendment refers to the name of the commission in the Irish language only. The section Deputy is referring to in the Official Languages Act, which was amended in 2021, has not commenced. This amendment is pre-empting a section of an Act that has been agreed but has not yet commenced. I appreciate the argument may be why not do it anyway. However, we would be setting a precedent in which we enact something that has not commenced. I am not sure if we would do this in other areas of law, be it in courts or other judicial settings. I do not want to pre-empt the commencement of sections of another Minister's Act. The main concern here is that it has not been enacted yet. Identifying the titles in Irish would be out of step with the rest of the Bill.