Official Languages Bill 2002
Public bill · Government · Presented
Would give people the right to deal with public bodies and receive services in either Irish or English, with both languages used in parliamentary proceedings, laws, courts, official documents, signs and advertisements. It would require public bodies to set out and deliver Irish-language services, and create an independent Official Languages Commissioner to monitor compliance, investigate complaints and report publicly.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to promote the use of the Irish language for official purposes in the State; to provide for the use of both official languages of the State in parliamentary proceedings, in Acts of the Oireachtas, in the administration of Justice, in communicating with or providing services to the public and in carrying out the work of public bodies; to set out the duties of such bodies with respect to the official languages of the State, and for those purposes, to provide for the establishment of the Office of the Official Languages Commissioner and to define its functions; to provide for the publication by the Commissioner of certain information relevant to the purposes of this Act; and to provide for related matters
Last updated 12 April 2018
- Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands Primary
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- Official Languages Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. Seanad
- Official Languages Bill 2002 [ Seanad ] : Report and Final Stages. Dáil
- Official Languages Bill 2002 [Seanad]: Committee Stage. SELECT COMMITTEE ON ARTS, SPORT, TOURISM, COMMUNITY, RURAL AND GAELTACHT AFFAIRS
- Official Languages Bill 2002 [ Seanad ] : Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Official Languages Bill 2002 [ Seanad ] : Referral to Select Committee. Dáil
- Official Languages Bill 2002: Second Stage. Dáil
- Official Languages Bill 2002: Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Official Languages Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. Seanad
- Official Languages (Equality) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). Seanad
- Official Languages (Equality) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). SECTION 9. Seanad
- Official Languages (Equality) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). SECTION 12. Seanad
- Official Languages (Equality) Bill 2002: Committee Stage. SECTION 1. Seanad
- Official Languages (Equality) Bill, 2002: Motion. Seanad
- Order of Business. - Official Languages (Equality) Bill, 2002: Order for Second Stage. Seanad
- Order of Business. - Official Languages (Equality) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. Seanad