asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he is aware of the inconvenience, delay and expense caused to citizens of Saorstát Eireann claiming against estates in the United States of America by reason of the Registrars of Births, Deaths and Marriages subscribing their names in Irish, and describing their office in the same language; if the Minister is aware that in these cases the American judicial authorities require the services of an interpreter, difficult and frequently impossible to procure, and whose procurement causes substantial expense and delay; if, in the circumstances, the Minister will issue instructions to the Registrars to sign their names and the description of their office either in English or in both English and Irish.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Signing of Certificates.
The answer to each part of the question is in the negative.