Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 15:

In page 23, to delete line 7 and substitute the following: “ “Bord” means Bord Ard-Mhusaem na hÉireann;”.

We discussed this on Committee Stage. This relates to the titles of the various bodies, bord Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann, chun go mbeadh "na Coimisinéirí" úsáidte agus go mbeadh an bunteideal Gaeilge úsáidte mar atá i gceist anois de réir Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla and that we give effect in all legislation to a recognition of the primary or the legal title of State bodies. That is the intention of the Official Languages Act. When we started drafting this legislation way back in the past, the Act had not taken all its legal steps. As far as I know, all aspects of the Act have now passed. The proper way for any future legislation is to give the official Irish language title of State bodies, not the one which is referenced as "also in the English language". That is the intention of these amendments.

At this stage, Chomhairle Oidhreachta is the legal title of that which is referred to as the Heritage Council and it is the same with the Department heads. We need to reflect that in legislation. I think I picked out most of them that need to be changed in the amendments I tabled.

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