asked the Minister for Finance if he will state whether advantage would be taken of the considerable number of able Gaelic scholars now serving in the Customs and Excise Department to appoint a Committee therefrom to provide the Department with a vocabulary of suitable Gaelic Terms in order to facilitate the gradual introduction of the Irish language into the work of this Department.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - GAELIC TERMS IN CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT.
The question of an extension of the use of the Irish language in connection with the work of the Revenue Commissioners' Department has not been lost sight of. It is not considered necessary to appoint a committee on the lines suggested in the question, as the services of the official translators are always available for the preparation of vocabularies in Irish for use in the conduct of any branch of public business.