Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

This is an issue I have pursued with the predecessor of the Minister of State. I raised a Topical Issue on the matter on 28 November 2013. The then Minister of State said that the issue would be raised and a decision would be considered in early 2014. Yet, here we are all these months later and no final decision has been made. Can the Minister bring any hope to people who have undertaken studies and courses in respect of providing career opportunities for translators and those who want to work in the European institutions and do the necessary work to translate all official and working documents in the European Union into Irish? There is no point in us having Irish recognised as an official and working language if we are not implementing the decision in practice. It is all about jobs, ultimately. That is what the Government's focus is on. There is potential for up to 180 jobs. What is the bottleneck in respect of making a decision? Who will effectively make that decision?

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