Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

I believe I addressed the issue earlier but I reiterate the point. The numbers of hard copies of draft development plans in Irish sold to the public should not be seen as a measure of their usage since they can be downloaded free of charge from local authority websites. It is important that local authorities should encourage the public to engage with them and the planning process in Irish as well as in English. To do otherwise would marginalise the Irish language.

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