Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 29: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of meetings held to date of the Government sub-committee to agree a national plan for the Irish language; when the next meeting is due [18837/08]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 39: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the Cabinet Committee on the Irish Language will next meet. [17135/08]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 29 and 39 together.

The Government, having noted the Report of the Linguistic Study on the Use of Irish in the Gaeltacht, decided late last year to establish a Cabinet-level Committee to consider matters arising in the context of the analysis and recommendations of the Report, and to agree an integrated action plan within a year to secure the future of Irish as the community language in the Gaeltacht.

The first meeting of this Committee took place on 10 April 2008. A number of issues have arisen for consideration by relevant Government Departments and a further meeting will be arranged when that process is completed.