Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 May 2021
Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community
Tuarascáil Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga: An Garda Síochána
Mr. Drew Harris:
In respect of the allowances, the allowance finished in 2012 in terms of new applications, so a dwindling number of people are receiving the allowance. Deputy Moynihan asked specific questions about the administration of that allowance and I do not have the detail on that in terms of what happens for an individual who moves from a Gaeltacht area. We are going through a restructuring, in which the district structure we have had for decades is being replaced by a divisional structure, so we will have to have a look at the impact of that because people may be moving within a division.
I do not know the answer in respect of how the allowance is administered in respect of people moving. It might be better for us to give Deputy Moynihan a written response because it will be bound by regulation.