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Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: The advice from the Department was reviewed in relation to the Coimisinéir Teanga investigative report of 2015. Those recommendations were reviewed by management within the Department and the management board, and I have been assured the Department meets the language requirement scheme. However, with that said, I hear the concerns in regard to the delivery of some letters in English....

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: My understanding is the Attorney General's advice was not sought on this. Just to say-----

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: I can come back to the Deputy in relation to clarity on that. The Department has put in place the necessary arrangements to ensure official placenames of Gaeltacht areas, as declared by the Minister in the 2005 placenames order, will continue to be used as the default for corporate purposes including, where appropriate, legislative, corporate and statistical purposes.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: As I have said, those seven actions were actioned-----

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: -----and we are in compliance. The Department has assured me that we are in compliance with this. The reason I am in-----

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: -----here today is in relation to the issue around the Eircode system that was highlighted by an Coimisinéir Teanga. In good faith, the Department contacted An Post, which is in charge of the addresses that are given to Capita, addresses which have to align with the postal service. An Post said that it has to provide the English and the Irish versions and to keep them on its database...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: I can confirm that the 2018 to 2021 scheme was consulted on, including with the Coimisinéir Teanga, and no issue was raised with its provision. That provision was that the Department would put in place the necessary arrangements to ensure official placenames of Gaeltacht areas, as declared by the Minister in the Placenames (Centres of Population and Districts) Order 2005, would continue...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: The issue with the Coimisinéir Teanga was around Eircode postcodes and the ask was to remove the English version from the GeoDirectory for Gaeltacht areas-----

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Which is Capita. As the Deputy knows, GeoDirectory supplies the address to Capita. GeoDirectory is a subsidiary of An Post and it has to get it from An Post because Eircode postcodes have to align with the postal address system, which comes from An Post. That is the issue here. Again, the Department endeavoured-----

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: -----to resolve this but that is what came back from An Post.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Is the Deputy saying GeoDirectory would put the English aside?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: It would be the default position-----

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: I might bring Mr. King in on the contract because I was not in the Department at the time.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: I will ask Mr. King to come in to answer those questions in case there is anything I left out.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: There were previous questions. Is Mr. King getting the messages that are being sent to him?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: He does not have any translation.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: I can go back to the Department again on what can be done. Members have mentioned Eircode but the problem relates to An Post's position on this and its next-day delivery. I can come back to the-----

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: -----Department on this and engage with the language commissioner on this issue. I can come back on that.