Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 April 2021
764. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit facilitate persons wishing to engage with their services through the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21904/21]
View answerThe Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science currently provides a range of services through Irish. Some of these services, including phone calls received in Irish, are currently managed under a shared services arrangement with the Department of Education. All communications received in Irish are responded to in Irish, and any person can expect to be able to correspond with the Department through the official language of their choice.
The agencies under the aegis of the Department meet their official obligations under the Official Languages Act 2003.
