asked the Minister for Finance how many applicants for the Civil Service within the last year were deemed not to be sufficiently qualified in the Irish language.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Civil Service Irish Language Requirement.
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The number of candidates who failed to secure offers of appointment through inability to pass a qualifying test in Irish during the year ended 30th April, 1971, was 264.
What percentage of the total is that?
The average number of people appointed to such posts each year is about 3,600.
It is less than 10 per cent anyway.
Surely they can say "a chara" and "mise, le meas"?
Like the Deputy.