Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 241: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost to his Department of sign replacement resulting from the requirement of the Department and all agencies and bodies under the Department's remit to replace signs which were in place prior to March 2009 where the existing signs in Irish did not or would not meet the requirements in terms of Irish text required by 2012. [7192/11]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 242: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the anticipated cost to his Department of ensuring compliance by the Department and by all agencies and bodies under its remit with the requirements under the Official Languages Act to replace any sign currently in English only by March 2013. [7207/11]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 241 and 242 together.

All standard signs in use in the Department are compliant with the requirement of the Official Languages Act so the question of replacement and cost does not arise. Safety signs in place in the Department use pictograms, which are language-neutral. Compliance by bodies under the aegis of the Department is a matter for the individual bodies and I have no role in the matter.