Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community
Cumas Dátheangach na nOifigeach Ardbhainistíochta sa Státseirbhís: Plé
Ms Margaret McCabe:
On the question of how long it will take us to get started on the 20%, we are waiting on the outcome of the advisory committee's work because it is looking at levels. That is probably something we need to encourage more. We need to see what level we want to bring people in at and the level of Irish they will need. On the vacancies that are hard to fill, we advertise as broadly as we can. There are not a lot of places to advertise campaigns through Irish but we always advertise them as broadly as possible. On the Garda, we get a small number of people applying for the Garda trainee competition but it does not seem to be an area people from Gaeltacht areas are very interested in.
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