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

I will try to address some of the issues relating to the Irish language and the Official Languages Act 2003. When the latter came into being, it was agreed that the titles of new State bodies or offices should be in Irish only. I can understand the logic is that the positions held by people within those institutions would also be in Irish only. That is the effect of these amendments. Therefore, it is not the commission; it is an coimisiún. There are references to this throughout. If we look at amendment No. 15, it would involve a change from "Commission" to “Coimisiún”. Under amendment No. 16, “Commissioners” would be changed to “Coimisinéirí”. This is to try to give an effect to the intention behind the Official Languages Act. I am not going to delay the House; we had this out at the committee. I ask the Minister to confirm which section he was referring to when he said this would be addressed. He said Part 7, but I cannot find any reference in Part 7.

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