Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Tá ceist agat faoi Bille na dteangacha oifigiúla (leasú), the official language (amendment) Bill. One of the recommendations of this Bill was to merge the functions of the Language Commissioner and the Ombudsman's office, among other issues. It was also going to abolish the Placenames Commission. I understand the merging of the Coimisinéir Teanga and the Ombudsman's office is not going ahead, and I welcome that. I do not know why the Government ever decided to try to merge those two bodies.

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