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

On amendment No. 99, the definition of advertising structure is laid out on page 28. It states:

(i) a hoarding, scaffold, framework, pole, standard, device or sign (whether illuminated or not), and

(ii) used or intended for use for exhibiting advertisements,

or (b) any attachment to a building or structure used for advertising purposes;

This is about the licensing of such advertising. It is not specific to advertising. We are not looking for licences relating to a vending machine, hoarding, fence, scaffolding or wires. It specifically relates to the advertising structure. That is why I cannot figure out why the amendment cannot be accepted to ensure that any such advertising structure that has been constructed in the public realm that requires a licence to be sought for it cannot have conditions set down for the licence, no more so than having set conditions for the height, location and duration of a temporary advertising structure. This is an attempt to ensure that it complies with the legislation that we already have in place, namely, the Official Languages Act. The intent of that law and this amendment is to ensure that people understand that both languages are of equal status, except in Gaeltacht areas, where the Irish language is the only one that is being used. In some cases, that has also been ignored by some authorities, which have put up English-only or bilingual signs in the past.

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