Currently, the Department publishes its audited accounts or financial statements, as well as any document setting out policy proposals in Irish and English. In addition to meeting its obligations under Section 10 of the Official Languages Act 2003 to publish certain documents in both official languages simultaneously, the Department publishes other corporate documents, such as the Customer Charter and Customer Action Plan, the Farmers’ Charter of Rights and the Schemes and Services booklet, in both Irish and English. The Department publishes all Departmental press releases bilingually.
The Department's website has moved onto the gov.ie portal www.gov.ie/agriculture. This portal enables users to view certain documents in either Irish or English. Work to translate all of the services published on the website is ongoing in conjunction with the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer. This will significantly increase the amount of information available bilingually.
As regards posts to official Departmental social media accounts in the period 1st May 2020 and 30th April 2021, 2.54% of the posts were bilingual and none were exclusively in Irish.
The Department’s third Irish Language Scheme came into effect on 1st April 2021.
