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

I move amendment No. 14:

In page 20, to delete line 14 and substitute the following:

“ “Bord” means Bord Ard-Mhusaem na hÉireann;”.

These five amendments all relate to the use of Irish rather than English. Amendment No. 14 relates to the Irish for the board of the National Museum of Ireland, amendment No. 16 to the Commissioner of Public Works in Ireland and amendment No. 17 the Heritage Council. Amendment No. 75 seeks to ensure monuments are recorded in the register for official purposes in Irish only as it is the official language. Amendment No. 247 requires warning labels on detection devices to be in both English and Irish.

This is older legislation, but there has been an increased and welcome practice under this Government of organisations such as Uisce Éireann, An Coimisiún Pleanála, etc. having their formal title as Gaeilge in the legislation and often in public use. Deputy Ó Snodaigh is, of course, one of our spokespeople on Irish, but even for somebody like me who does not speak Irish, there is a real value in this gesture because it has real, practical everyday value in that usage. I hope the Minister of State is minded to accept these amendments.