Wide range of breaches in Irish language laws

SIGNIFICANT breaches of laws to promote the Irish language were found in school syllabuses and marking schemes, penalty points notification systems and school bus ticketing services, the Office of An Coimisinéir Teanga reported yesterday.

The commissioner, Seán Ó Cuirreáin, was appointed four years ago to monitor how state bodies comply with their obligations under the Official Languages Act, which seeks to ensure services through Irish by the civil and public service.

Among the 10 investigations he completed last year was one in relation to a complaint that up-to-date syllabuses in Irish were not available for all second-level subjects.