Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 296: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the percentage of the staff of her Department able to provide services through Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14187/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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In preparation of my Department's scheme under section 11 of the Official Languages Act 2003, staff of my Department were surveyed in March 2005 and approximately 20% of staff responded. Of these, 19% indicated that they can speak, write and carry out their duties in Irish and 13.5% can speak and write Irish but can only carry out some of their duties in Irish. It should be noted that these results were based on self-assessment.