Seanad debates
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage
4:00 pm
David Norris (Independent)
The legal point is that under the Constitution of Ireland, the Irish language takes precedence. In light of the controversy that has existed in the past week or so whereby a number of complaints were upheld against Departments due to the lack of accessibility for Irish speakers to legal documents, there is a point that Irish is the dominant language allegedly, legally and theoretically.
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