Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021
583. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the difficulties persons with Irish language names are experiencing in relation to the EU Digital COVID Certificate particularly in cases in which the name contains a síne fada; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41303/21]
View answerI understand that the difficulties regarding the display of the síneadh fada within Irish language names on Ireland's EU Digital Covid Certificate have now been resolved by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, which falls under the remit of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
The Deputy should also be aware that Government recently approved a number of amendments to the Official Languages (Amendment) Bill which I will be bringing forward at Report Stage in the autumn, one of which is a requirement that all public bodies’ IT and other systems must be configured in such a way as to facilitate the use of the síneadh fada.
