Downgrading status of Irish via appointment

Like many I was shocked that Taoiseach Enda Kenny would appoint a team with no fluency in Irish to head the Department with responsibility for Gaeltacht affairs.

Now English will be imposed on every ministerial meeting related to Gaeltacht affairs.

Now Irish language organisations will have English forced on them dealing with the minister responsible for the Irish language.

The working language of this department now moves from Irish to English.

What a policy move that is.

One swift blow to remove a language from a department set up to support that very language.

The Taoiseach should reflect on this and reverse his decision, as one would be left with the impression that Fine Gael policy is now to downgrade and dismantle spoken Irish wherever it can.

Surely that cannot be the case?

Róisín Lawless

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