Submissions from Key Public Bodies and a 20 per cent Sample of Individual Responses to the Public Consultation on the Proposed Irish Language Legislation

Abstract

In the first part of this chapter, I shall consider eight submissions to the first DCAL consultation on Proposed Irish Language Legislation by key governmental, public and voluntary sector organisations. First, I shall examine the submissions of the public sector bodies, the Community Relations Council (CRC), Ofcom, the Lord Chief Justice’s Office (LCJO), HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the NI Prison Service (NIPS). Following this, I shall examine the submissions made by the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ), the Welsh Language Board (ByI / WLB) and the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland (GOLI). In the second part of this Chapter I shall analyse a random 20 per cent sample of individual submissions to the consultation, prior to drawing some conclusions on the overall response to the consultation.