Commissioner questions Government efforts on Irish language promotion

The Irish-language commissioner has questioned the effectiveness of the Government’s efforts to promote the use of Irish language in the public service.

An Coimisinéir Teanga, Rónán Ó Domhnaill, said there was “a fundamental flaw” in the language scheme system which details which services will be provided through the medium of Irish.

Mr Ó Domhnaill said that such a system depended to a large degree on what a public body was offering at a particular point in time rather than working towards recognised standards of services through Irish.