Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 January 2017
379. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if all State services and State-sponsored bodies are covered under the remit of the language commissioner. [2708/17]
View answerDetails are available on the website of the Office of An Coimisinéir Teanga on all public bodies covered by the Official Languages Act 2003. The Official Languages Act 2003 (Public Bodies) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 150 of 2006) came into effect on 1 May 2006. The purpose of these Regulations was to update the list of public bodies in the First Schedule to the Official Languages Act, having regard to changes in the public sector since the commencement of the Act in 2003.
The matter of drafting new Regulations further updating the Schedule is currently being progressed by my Department.
