Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 126: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when elections to the Údarás na Gaeltachta will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26860/09]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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In accordance with section 28(1) of the Údarás na Gaeltachta Act 1979 (as amended by section 1 of the Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Act 1999), elections shall be held from time to time as may be prescribed by regulations made by the incumbent Minister, subject to their being held at intervals which are neither less than four years nor more than five years and six months.

As the Deputy is aware, existing Údarás na Gaeltachta legislation is currently under review in the context of the recommendations contained in the Report of the Linguistic Study of the Use of Irish in the Gaeltacht and the work of the Cabinet Committee on Irish and the Gaeltacht. The last Údarás na Gaeltachta election was held on 2 April 2005. The date of the next election has not yet been decided but I can assure the Deputy that it will be held in due course in accordance with the relevant legislation in place at the time.