Only 551 Government staff have competence in Irish, report finds

551 staff out of the 21,060 (2.62%) employed by government departments were identified as staff having competence in the Irish language.

Only 551 of the more than 21,000 staff employed in Government departments have competence in the Irish language.

The first monitoring report of the office of An Coimisinéir Teanga delivered a withering assessment of the Irish language competency across the public service.