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- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (2 Mar 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: Shannon Airport is forecasting close to one million passengers in 2022 with 3 airlines and 25 routes expected for Summer 2022, compared to 6 airlines and 30 routes pre-COVID-19. Aer Lingus transatlantic services to Boston are expected to return on 10 March and New York on 11 March 2022. The United Airlines daily Newark seasonal service will recommence on 27 March. During the COVID-19 crisis...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Mar 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: The Road Safety Authority is responsible for the operation of the driving test service and the information requested is held by them. I have therefore forwarded the Deputy's query to the RSA for direct reply. I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a response has not been received within ten days.
- 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: In 2015 the investigative report concluded that the then Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources was carrying out its language scheme and upon considering the Department's input the Coimisinéir Teanga issued a final report making seven recommendations to the Department on seven actions that needed to be expedited. The Department accepted all those recommendations and...
- 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: Yes. In September 2021 the implementation report presented to the Oireachtas acknowledged that the Department made a genuine effort to implement all seven recommendations. The issue raised by the Coimisinéir Teanga was the official placenames of Gaeltacht areas appearing in Irish only in the Eircode system. That is why the Department contacted An Post on the English names and I might...
- 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 outline some of the actions since 2015 in relation to that report. The Department’s language scheme does not provide for the exclusive use of Irish in Gaeltacht placenames. The Department, in line with the language scheme, ensures that official placenames of Gaeltacht areas are used as the default for corporate purposes. In the design phase of the Eircode system, Capita,...
- 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 look at that.
- 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 Department is satisfied it meets the requirements of its language scheme but the issue-----
- 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.