Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 340: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to recognise Irish sign language as a third official language (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16711/09]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I have no function in relation to languages other than in relation to the Irish language, and Ulster-Scots as provided for in the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999.

I can, however, inform the Deputy that Irish Sign Language has formal recognition under the Education Act 1998. Details of the functions and services that flow from that provision were set out by the Minister for Education and Science in reply to a Parliamentary Question (Ref: 8515/07) on 6 March 2007.