Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 69:

In page 90, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 17 of Electoral Act 1997

105. Section 17 of the Act of 1997 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4B) (inserted by section 42 of the Act of 2012):

“(4C) (a) The Commission shall, no later than one year following its establishment, prepare and publish a report, following consultation with the Irish speaking community, on the feasibility and options for establishing a conditional fund to support qualified parties in addition to the payments calculated in accordance with this Part which would be made available to assist in the delivery of full equal rights and opportunities for Irish speaking members of the public, members of the qualified party in question, and employees, to participate in their organisation and engage with their representatives, administration, public policy proposals and websites or online accounts in the Irish language without having to resort to use of the English language.

(b) The report shall be laid before the Minister, both Houses of the Oireachtas, and the Joint Oireachtas Committee for the Irish language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish speaking community on the day of publication.”.”.”.