Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 November 2017
Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands
Seirbhísí Dátheangacha: An Roinn Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe
5:00 pm
Mr. Daithí Ó Caigne:
My understanding is that the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht requires public bodies to prepare draft language schemes and to provide those schemes to him or her for confirmation. The Minister issues guidelines to public bodies to assist them in the preparation of draft schemes and the Minister may re-evaluate those guidelines whenever he or she considers it to be appropriate. It is not my understanding that it is-----